
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria EPP
Andrey Kovatchev
MEP for Bulgaria · European People's Party · Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Andrey Kovatchev (EPP, Bulgaria) has declared 56 lobby meetings this term - rank 362 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 97 of 185 within European People's Party.
25% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.
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Compared with the averages
Transparency this term
Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 12 in Oct 2024.
Busiest month: 12 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Andrey Kovatchev meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Albanian politicians | 3 |
| Le Conseil National de la Resistance Iranienne-Bruxelles | 2 |
| Albanian government representatives | 2 |
| Members of the Albanian Parliament | 2 |
| Members of the Armenian Parliament | 2 |
Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.
Where the meetings cluster
Most-met sectors
Human rights & humanitarian (4), Consumer & retail (2), Technology & digital (2)
Meetings by committee topic
Foreign Affairs (34), D-TR (1), European Democracy Shield (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy ↗ | Member | Fight against disinformation |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Albanian government representatives | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Members of the Turkish Parliament | Member | Relations between the EU and Turkiye |
| 19 May 2026 | Australian Ambassador to the EU | Member | EU-Australia relations |
| 6 May 2026 | Civil society representatives | Member | Recent developments in Turkiye |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Members of the Cambodian Parliament | Member | Relations between the EU and Cambodia |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Comitato Atlantico Italiano | Member | Recent developments in the Middle East |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Albanian government representatives | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Members of the Montenegrin Parliament | Member | Recent developments in Montenegro |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Center of Excellence in Finance | Member | Economic development in the Western Balkans |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | Serbian Ambassador to Bulgaria | Member | Recent developments in Serbia |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Philip Morris Bulgaria | Member | Meeting to discuss topics related to the tobacco industry |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Members of the Armenian Parliament | Member | Recent developments in Armenia |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Moldovan Ambassador to the EU | Member | Recent developments in Moldova |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Members of the Albanian Parliament | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 14 Dec 2025 | Ambassador of PRC to Bulgaria | Member | EU-China relations |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Members of the Albanian Parliament | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Members of the Turkish Parliament | Member | EU-Turkiye relations |
| 31 Aug 2025 | MPO ''Pirin'' | Member | Cultural Heritage and Cross-Border Cooperation in the Balkans |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Belgium | Member | Relations between the EU and Morocco |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Members of the Armenian Parliament | Member | Recent developments in Armenia |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Albanian politicians | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 22 May 2025 | Religious representatives | Member | Human rights situation for religious communities in Jerusalem |
| 22 May 2025 | Wolt Enterprises ↗ | Member | Introductory meeting |
| 14 May 2025 | Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the EU and NATO | Member | Recent developments in the Middle East and EU-Jordan relations |
| 7 Apr 2025 | Albanian politicians | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Mission of the Republic of Albania to the EU | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Serbian politicians | Member | Recent developments in Serbia |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Egyptian Mission in Brussels | Member | EU-Egypt partnership |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Albanian politicians | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Andrey Kovatchev held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 511 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Andrey Kovatchev also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.
Final texts where Andrey Kovatchev differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0344/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 29 April 2026 | B10-0186/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0021/2026 – Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
29 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
6 counterpart entrys in Andrey Kovatchev's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Center of Excellence in Finance” - likely Center of Excellence in Finance (1 counterpart entry)
- “Civil society representatives” - likely Civil Society Europe (1 counterpart entry)
- “Comitato Atlantico Italiano” - likely Comitato Atlantico Italiano (1 counterpart entry)
Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.