Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria ESN
Petar Volgin
MEP for Bulgaria · Europe of Sovereign Nations · Revival · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Petar Volgin (ESN, Bulgaria) has declared 17 lobby meetings this term - rank 519 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 7 of 27 within Europe of Sovereign Nations.
6% 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 Jan 2025.
Busiest month: 3 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Petar Volgin meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the European Union | 2 |
| Public Organization "Public Advocacy" | 1 |
| Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union and Euratom | 1 |
| Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Belgium and Luxembourg | 1 |
| Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Bulgaria | 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
Meetings by committee topic
D-CN (5), D-IL (2), Foreign Affairs (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU and Euratom | Member | EU-Russia Relations |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Representative from the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the EU | Member | EU-China Relations |
| 18 May 2026 | Representative from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of France | Member | EU-China Relations |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union and Euratom | Member | Reception on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Treaty establishing the Union State of Belarus and Russia |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Public Organization "Public Advocacy" ↗ | Member | Freedom of religion in Ukraine |
| 29 Dec 2025 | H.E. Ms. Dai Qingli, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Member | Exchange of views on EU-China relations |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Russian politicians | Member | BRICS-Europe 2025 Forum |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Minister Counsellor Yanghua YUE | Member | Exchange of views on China-EU relations, inter-parliamentary exchanges and issues of common interest |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Minister Counsellor Hua Ye, Head of Parliamentary Affairs Section | Member | Exchange of views on inter-parliamentary relations between the EU and China, in the framework of the 50th anniversary of China-EU relationship |
| 3 Apr 2025 | International Spokespersons’ and Foreign Affairs Advisors’ Office, National Unity Party, Israel | Member | Current State of Relations between the EU and Israel |
Show 7 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2025 | Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the European Union | Member | Initiatives to improve EU-Belarus relations |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Bulgaria | Member | Exchange of views on the current state of EU-Russia relations |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Belgium and Luxembourg | Member | Exchange of views on the current state of relations between Iran and the European Union |
| 28 Jan 2025 | European Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia | Member | Introductory meeting |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Israeli Citizen Spokespersons' Office | Member | Current State of Relations between EU and Israel |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the European Union | Member | Exchange of views on the current state of EU-Belarus relations |
| 4 Dec 2024 | theologians and religious scholars (N. Mitrokhin (Germany), D. Crihan (Romania), Y. Berezina (Kazakhstan), P. Levushkan (Latvia) | Member | Discussion on the protection of religious rights and freedom of conscience in Europe, as well as on the situation concerning freedom of conscience in Ukraine |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Petar Volgin 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 489 final texts where more than half of ESN members casting a vote went one way, and Petar Volgin 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 Petar Volgin differed from the ESN majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | ESN majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0163/2026 – Tonino Picula – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0294/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0165/2026 – Ondřej Kolář – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0141/2026 – Andreas Schieder – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 21 May 2026 | RC-B10-0260/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 21 May 2026 | B10-0244/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
38 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.