
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria S&D
Kristian Vigenin
MEP for Bulgaria · Socialists & Democrats · Bulgarian Socialist Party · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Kristian Vigenin (S&D, Bulgaria) has declared 78 lobby meetings this term - rank 279 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 72 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
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%.
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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: 17 in Oct 2024.
Busiest month: 17 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Kristian Vigenin meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly and Company | 2 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2 |
| Ambassador Uzbekistan | 2 |
| European Internet Forum | 1 |
| European Society of Cardiology | 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
Health & pharma (14), Technology & digital (9), Energy (6)
Meetings by committee topic
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (31), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (16), Public Health (11), Foreign Affairs (4), DCAS (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2026 | Corporate Europe Observatory ↗ | Member | NGT |
| 8 Apr 2026 | EPODIN | Member | Biotech Act |
| 18 Mar 2026 | ALLAI | Shadow rapporteur | Digital AI omnibus |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Standing Committee of European Doctors ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI |
| 10 Mar 2026 | European Tech Alliance ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI |
| 10 Mar 2026 | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Dogital omnibus AI |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Fresenius SE & Co.KGaA ↗ | Member | Biotech Act |
| 5 Mar 2026 | DOT Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI |
| 26 Feb 2026 | AI CHAMBER; Google ↗; Microsoft Corporation ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI |
| 24 Feb 2026 | European Patients' Forum (EPF) ↗ | Member | EU4Health |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2026 | Ambassador Morocco | Member | Bilateral relations EU-Morocco |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Mistral AI ↗; EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ↗; The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI |
| 9 Feb 2026 | China mission representatives | Member | Bilateral relations EU-China |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Lubrizol ↗ | Member | Future of the European automotive sector |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Redcare Pharmacy N.V. ↗ | Member | EU health policy developments |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Ambassador Israel | Member | Exchange of views |
| 18 Jul 2025 | Bulgarian Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Homeopathic Medicines; Artificial Intelligence Council to the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry shop assistant | Member | Ongoing legislation |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Alber & Geiger ↗ | Member | Europe’s medical-device supply chain |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Fresenius Global Union Alliance ↗ | Member | Ongoing legislation |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Ambassador Ireland; Ambassador Germany | Member | Exchange of views |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Movement ‘Yuksalish’ | Member | EUVP Meeting - Exchange of views |
| 4 Jul 2025 | Alzheimer Bulgaria | Member | Exchange of views |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Johnson & Johnson | Member | Ongoing Legislation |
| 3 Jul 2025 | EFPIA | Member | Innovative medicines access across Europe |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Ecma International | Member | EU Tobacco Control Framework |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Ambassador Uzbekistan | Member | Exchange of views |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Hitachi Europe Ltd. | Member | Europe’s industrial competitiveness |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Novartis Bulgaria | Member | Exchange of views |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Teneo Brussels | Member | Omnibus proposal on the EU’s sustainability |
| 2 Jun 2025 | EDRi | Member | GDPR omnibus |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Kristian Vigenin 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 456 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Kristian Vigenin 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 Kristian Vigenin differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0198/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Draft Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0181/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – Proposal for a Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0182/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0070/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | A10-0005/2026 – Michał Szczerba – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 22 January 2026 | RC-B10-0070/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | B10-0506/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
14 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
14 counterpart entrys in Kristian Vigenin's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “AI CHAMBER” - likely AI CHAMBER (1 counterpart entry)
- “ALLAI” - likely Stichting ALLAI Nederland (1 counterpart entry)
- “Adan” - likely Association pour le Développement des Actifs Numériques (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.