
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria S&D
Kristian Vigenin
MEP for Bulgaria · Socialists & Democrats · Bulgarian Socialist Party · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Kristian Vigenin (S&D, Bulgaria) has declared 131 lobby meetings this term - rank 195 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 51 of 135 in the S&D group.
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 52%.
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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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 17 in Oct 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 80% |
| Oct 2024 | 17 | 60% |
| Nov 2024 | 8 | 75% |
| Dec 2024 | 8 | 75% |
| Jan 2025 | 4 | 62.5% |
| Feb 2025 | 4 | 50% |
| Mar 2025 | 5 | 20% |
| Apr 2025 | 4 | 50% |
| May 2025 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Jun 2025 | 5 | 0% |
| Jul 2025 | 9 | 18.2% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | - |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2026 | 6 | 60% |
| Mar 2026 | 6 | 83.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| May 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | 40% |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | 57.1% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 10 | 63.6% |
| Oct 2026 | 17 | 75% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 17 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Kristian Vigenin meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | 3 |
| Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates | 2 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 2 |
| Forum Atomique Européen | 2 |
| American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | 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
Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.
Most-met sectors this term
Health & pharma (22), Technology & digital (16), Energy (9)
Meetings by committee or delegation this term
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (36), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (25), Public Health (21), Foreign Affairs (4), Delegation for relations with Central Asia (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | Microsoft Corporation↗ | Member | digital policy |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Eclipse Foundation AISBL↗ | Rapporteur for opinion | CADA |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Gilead Sciences↗ | Member | HIV advocacy |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Forum Atomique Européen↗; The European Steel Association↗ | Member | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
| 21 Oct 2026 | European Carton Makers Association↗ | Member | Packaging solutions for tobacco products |
| 21 Oct 2026 | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union↗ | Member | Biotech Act |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Mission of Uzbekistan to the European Union | Member | Ongoing EU-Uzbekistan relations |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Fern↗ | Member | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Transforming Breast Cancer Together↗ | Member | Breast Cancer initiatives |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Anima↗ | Member | Commission's Livestock Strategy |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Groupement Européen de l’Industrie de la Régénération (GEIR); Business Alliance for Climate Action↗; European Sea Ports Organisation↗ | Member | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
| 13 Oct 2026 | HIV Prevention Alliance↗ | Member | HIV prevention |
| 6 Oct 2026 | FuelsEurope↗ | Member | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
| 6 Oct 2026 | TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE↗ | Member | Automotive Omnibus |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China mission to the EU | Member | ongoing EU-China relations |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Ambassador of Armenia | Member | ongoing EU relations |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Ambassador of Azerbaijan | Member | ongoing EU relations |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Liquid Gas Europe↗ | Member | Regulation on CO2 Standards for cars and vans |
| 29 Sep 2026 | VÖWG↗ | Member | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Animal health Europe | Member | Biotech Act |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft↗; Tyres Europe↗ | Member | Automotive Omnibus |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Negative Emissions Platform↗ | Member | ETS and Carbon Removals |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Heidelberg Materials AG↗ | Member | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Food Supplements Europe | Member | Biotech Act |
| 4 Sep 2026 | UK ambassador to Bulgaria | Member | UK-BG_EU relations |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Shionogi BV↗ | Member | Fighting AMR |
| 2 Sep 2026 | The European Ceramic Industry Association | Member | ETS |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Ambassador of DPRK | Member | ongoing relations with EU |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Nuclear Europe | Member | decarbonisation and nuclear energy |
| 2 Jul 2026 | CISPE | Member | digitanl policy |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Kristian Vigenin held the seat, 606 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 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 519 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | RC-B10-0476/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0476/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 October 2026 | A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 8 July 2026 | The Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States A10-0198/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Draft Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | The Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United… A10-0181/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Proposal for a Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | In view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico A10-0182/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | The adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of… A10-0069/2026 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | The non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods A10-0070/2026 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | The EU enlargement strategy A10-0016/2026 · Petras Auštrevičius · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | EU strategic defence and security partnerships A10-0005/2026 · Michał Szczerba · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 22 January 2026 | RC-B10-0070/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0070/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
16 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
19 counterpart entries 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)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 19 entries; the other 16 are not listed.
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.