Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria ECR
Ivaylo Valchev
MEP for Bulgaria · European Conservatives & Reformists · There Is Such a People · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Ivaylo Valchev (ECR, Bulgaria) has declared 10 lobby meetings this term - rank 559 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 55 of 81 within European Conservatives & Reformists.
30% 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: 2 in Mar 2026.
Busiest month: 2 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Ivaylo Valchev meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide | 2 |
| The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BVBA | 1 |
| Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | 1 |
| Bulatom | 1 |
| Bulgarian Association of Tobacco Industry | 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
Meetings by committee topic
Culture and Education (2), D-MK (1), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | AgoraEU Programme |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Bulgarian Association of Tobacco Industry | Member | Introductory meeting |
| 11 Mar 2026 | The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA ↗ | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 10 Mar 2026 | IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide ↗ | Member | Introductory meeting |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Member, Youth Council, Cabinet of the President of North Macedonia | Member | Collaboration between North Macedonia and the EU |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Embassy of Israel | Member | Exchange of views on current world event |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 21 May 2025 | Bulatom | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 12 Mar 2025 | H.E. Yosi Levi Sfari, Israeli Ambassador in Sofia | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 7 Nov 2024 | Skill Set | Member | Introductory meeting |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Ivaylo Valchev 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 497 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Ivaylo Valchev 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 Ivaylo Valchev differed from the ECR majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | ECR majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0045/2026 – Chloé Ridel, Hildegard Bentele – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 12 March 2026 | A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 11 February 2026 | A10-0003/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 10 February 2026 | A10-0002/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 22 January 2026 | B10-0063/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | For |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
20 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
1 counterpart entry in Ivaylo Valchev's declarations appears to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)” - likely Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (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.