
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria EPP
Ilia Lazarov
MEP for Bulgaria · European People's Party · Union of Democratic Forces · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Ilia Lazarov (EPP, Bulgaria) has declared 26 lobby meetings this term - rank 465 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 129 of 185 within European People's Party.
23% 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: 3 in Oct 2025.
Busiest month: 3 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Ilia Lazarov meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Bulgaria | 3 |
| newcleo | 2 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 1 |
| Tesla Motors Netherlands B.V. | 1 |
| European Shipowners | ECSA | 1 |
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
Consumer & retail (3), Transport & automotive (3), Chemicals & manufacturing (2)
Meetings by committee topic
International Trade (5), Agriculture and Rural Development (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | CLEPA | Member | EU Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Spontaneous meeting with French Researchers | Member | New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) |
| 12 Jun 2026 | Tesla | Member | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 19 May 2026 | ILEC | Member | Directive sur les pratiques commerciales déloyales |
| 13 May 2026 | Türkiye Exporters Assembly Representatives | Member | EU Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Bulgaria | Member | Тhe peace process in Gaza |
| 25 Nov 2025 | The European Steel Association ↗ | Member | EU steel measure |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the EU | Member | EU-Morocco Trade Relations |
| 14 Oct 2025 | European Cigar Manufacturers Association ↗ | Member | EU Tobacco Control Framework |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Cerame-Unie | Member | Challenges faced by the ceramic industry in relations to new climate legislation |
Show 16 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2025 | adidas AG ↗ | Member | EU-Indonesia FTA |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Bulgaria | Member | Situation in the Middle East |
| 14 Aug 2025 | AGRIA S.A. | Member | Concern Regarding Zineb Approval in the EU |
| 3 Jul 2025 | newcleo | Member | Future of nuclear energy in Europe as an ecological alternative |
| 2 Jul 2025 | European Community Shipowners' Associations ↗ | Member | Clean fuels in maritime transport |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the European Union | Member | EU-Singapore trade relations |
| 31 May 2025 | Bulgarian Rose PLC | Member | Meeting with Bulgarian Rose PLC representatives in connection to the Bulgarian Rose Festival; Challenges in relations to the production of rose oil; |
| 21 May 2025 | Bulatom | Member | Introductory meeting with representatives |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Bulgaria | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Representative of Food and Drink Bulgaria | Member | Introductory Meeting with representative |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Ambassador of Egypt to the European Union | Member | EU-Egypt Relations |
| 12 Dec 2024 | SCK-CEN | Member | Visite du centre de recherche nucléaire belge SCK-CEN dans le cadre du groupe de réflexion du Parlement européen sur l'énergie nucléaire |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Eli Lilly and Company ↗ | Member | Introductory meeting with representative |
| 20 Nov 2024 | newcleo ↗ | Member | Small modular reactors(SMRs) |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Copa and Cogeca | Member | Introductory meeting |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Bulgarian Association of the Cement Industry (BACI) | Member | Introductory meeting with representative |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Ilia Lazarov 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 432 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Ilia Lazarov 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 Ilia Lazarov 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) | Against | For |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0333/2026 – 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) | For | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0163/2026 – Tonino Picula – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0187/2026 – Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0106/2026 – Nacho Sánchez Amor – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
46 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
5 counterpart entrys in Ilia Lazarov's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “CLEPA” - likely European Association Automotive Suppliers (1 counterpart entry)
- “Cerame-Unie” - likely European Ceramic Industry Association (1 counterpart entry)
- “ILEC” - likely ILEC- La Voix des marques (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.