Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria ESN
Rada Laykova
MEP for Bulgaria · Europe of Sovereign Nations · Revival · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Rada Laykova (ESN, 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 9 of 27 within Europe of Sovereign Nations.
10% 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: 4 in Mar 2025.
Busiest month: 4 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Rada Laykova meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| International Chamber of Commerce | 1 |
| VÖWG | 1 |
| Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria H.E. Ms. Dai Qingli | 1 |
| Chinese Mission to the EU | 1 |
| HE Mr Gayrat Fazilov (Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Mr Alisher Kunduzov (Counsellor, Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the EU), Ms Asal Kunduzova (First Secretary) | 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
Business federations & chambers (2)
Meetings by committee topic
DASE (2), DCAS (1), Economic and Monetary Affairs (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2025 | Chamber of Commerce | Member | Meeting with Thailand Delegation |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Thierry Lebaux | Member | Cash Regulation |
| 18 Mar 2025 | HE Mr Gayrat Fazilov (Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Mr Alisher Kunduzov (Counsellor, Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the EU), Ms Asal Kunduzova (First Secretary) | Member | EU and Central Asia Relations |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Mr. Assarof Sasanakul Counsellor Royal Thai Embassy and Mission of Thailand to the European Union | Member | Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and deportation of Uyghur refugees |
| 5 Mar 2025 | Igor Chamov, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union and Euratom | Member | International relations |
| 17 Feb 2025 | H.E. Mrs. Kanchana Patarachoke, Ambassador of Thailand | Member | Mission to Thailand |
| 9 Jan 2025 | Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria H.E. Ms. Dai Qingli | Member | Bilateral relations |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Chinese Mission to the EU | Member | State of affairs between China and the EU |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Republicans for national renewal | Member | Transatlantic relations |
| 11 Sep 2024 | vöwg ↗ | Member | Policies |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Rada Laykova 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 437 final texts where more than half of ESN members casting a vote went one way, and Rada Laykova 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 Rada Laykova 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 |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0191/2026 – Andrey Novakov – Joint text | Abstained | For |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0141/2026 – Andreas Schieder – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0123/2026 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Draft Council decision | Abstained | Against |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0071/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision | Against | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0072/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision | Against | For |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 28 April 2026 | A9-0147/2022 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | For | Against |
20 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
1 counterpart entry in Rada Laykova's declarations appears to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Chamber of Commerce” - likely International Chamber of Commerce (1 counterpart entry)
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