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Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria Renew

Hristo Petrov

MEP for Bulgaria · Renew Europe · We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Hristo Petrov (Renew, Bulgaria) has declared 48 lobby meetings this term - rank 384 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 65 of 77 within Renew Europe.

56% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

48
declared meetings
current term
48
records since 2019
full dataset
56%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
384/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
65/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Hristo Petrov, this term
48
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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: 6 in Feb 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 6 declared in February 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Hristo Petrov meets most

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 (8), Media & publishing (6), Technology & digital (3)

Meetings by committee topic

Employment and Social Affairs (28), Culture and Education (10)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Feb 2026European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)MemberChild Guarantee Working Group
10 Feb 2026CMA CGM MemberIntroductory meeting
6 Feb 2026Office of the Youth Guarantee coordinator in FranceRapporteurYouth Guarantee
5 Feb 2026Youth Guarantee coordinator in Romania; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)RapporteurYouth Guarantee
4 Feb 2026Youth Guarantee coordinator in CzechiaRapporteurYouth Guarantee
2 Feb 2026European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)RapporteurYouth Guarantee
23 Jan 2026European Training Foundation (ETF)RapporteurYouth Guarantee
22 Jan 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION RapporteurYouth Guarantee
12 Jan 2026Cyprus Deputy Minister of Social WelfareMemberPriority of the Presidency (Child well-being)
15 Dec 2025BUSINESSEUROPE RapporteurYouth Guarantee
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
12 Dec 2025European Commission (DG EAC)RapporteurYouth Guarantee
4 Dec 2025European Commission (DG EMPL)RapporteurYouth Guarantee
18 Nov 2025Fundación Secretariado Gitano RapporteurYouth Guarantee
16 Oct 2025Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EUMemberIntroductory meeting (Education and Skills)
26 Sep 2025Executive Director of EurofoundMemberPresentation of Eurofound activities
9 Sep 2025Microsoft Corporation MemberIntroductory meeting
11 Jul 2025Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ)MemberChild Guarantee implementation in Germany
24 Jun 2025UNICEFMemberChild Guarantee
19 Jun 2025Eurochild AISBL ; Caritas Europa Shadow rapporteurEU Anti-Poverty Strategy
17 Jun 2025ATD Quart Monde ; Social Platform; European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network Shadow rapporteurEU Anti-Poverty Strategy
10 Jun 2025EU Alliance for Investing in ChildrenMemberChild Guarantee Working Group
15 May 2025UNICEF BulgariaMemberUNICEF activites in Bulgaria
14 May 2025European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions MemberIntroductory Meeting
12 May 2025European Youth Forum RapporteurYouth Guarantee
12 May 2025European Youth Forum MemberIntroductory Meeting
25 Mar 2025United Nations International Children's Emergency FundMemberIntroductory Meeting
20 Mar 2025Trust for Social AchievementMemberIntroductory Meeting
12 Mar 2025EUROCOPYA ; EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision MemberIntroductory Meeting
6 Mar 2025Netflix International B.V. MemberIntroductory Meeting
5 Mar 2025CeemetShadow rapporteur for opinionExchange of views - Regulation establishing an EU Talent Pool

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Hristo Petrov 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.

94%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
505
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the Renew majority
on 493 final texts
24
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Hristo Petrov537 final votes
86%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 493 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Hristo Petrov 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.

Voted with the Renew majority46995%
Voted differently245%

Final texts where Hristo Petrov differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0134/2026 – Saskia Bricmont – Draft Council decisionAgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 February 2026B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026A10-0003/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

14 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

1 counterpart entry in Hristo Petrov's declarations appears to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

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.