
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria EPP
Radan Kanev
MEP for Bulgaria · European People's Party · Democrats for Strong Bulgaria · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Radan Kanev (EPP, Bulgaria) has declared 289 lobby meetings this term - rank 29 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.4× the average member, and 13 of 185 within European People's Party.
60% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above 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: 10 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 70% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 20 in Oct 2025.
Busiest month: 20 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Radan Kanev meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Climate Action Network Europe | 7 |
| EPIA SolarPower Europe | 5 |
| European Energy Forum | 5 |
| FuelsEurope | 4 |
| Gas Distributors for Sustainability | 4 |
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
Energy (70), Chemicals & manufacturing (54), Environment & climate (20)
Meetings by committee topic
Industry, Research and Energy (123), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (65), Public Health (10), DSCA (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | Novandino Lithium | Member | EU-Chile Strategic Partnership on lithium |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Cosmetics Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Cosmetics sector- bioeconomy and the IAA |
| 9 Sep 2026 | IBERDROLA ↗ | Member | Electrification Action Plan |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Ceramie Unie | Member | Legislative files of concern to the ceramics sector |
| 9 Sep 2026 | CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association ↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Issues facing cement sector |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Buy Better to Build Better Coalition | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Low-carbon quotas in the Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 7 Sep 2026 | GLOBSEC ↗ | Member | Energy policy and Central and Eastern Europe |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Climate Action Network Europe ↗ | Member | ETS revision |
| 3 Sep 2026 | EUROGAS aisbl ↗ | Member | CO₂ Market and Infrastructure Package |
| 2 Sep 2026 | WWF European Policy Programme ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | speeding up environmental assessments; the nature laws and competitive sustainability |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Calogena | Member | Upcoming ETS revision |
| 15 Jul 2026 | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical ↗ | Member | Upcoming policies concerning energy and decarbonisation |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Outokumpu Oyj ↗ | Member | ETS/ CBAM and impact on stainless steel sector |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Zero Waste Europe ↗ | Member | ETS and the waste sector |
| 13 Jul 2026 | CCS Europe | Member | Carbon capture and storage policy framework |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Lightsource bp ↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 9 Jul 2026 | AmCham EU | Shadow rapporteur | Environmental omnibus and Circular economy |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Saint Gobain | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Braskem | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Child Rights International Network | Member | Children exposed to harmful pesticides |
| 1 Jul 2026 | IDEP Moldova | Member | Supporting the reconstruction of Ukraine and the European aspirations of Ukraine and Moldova |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Bavarian Nordic A/S | Rapporteur for opinion | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Cosmetics Europe | Member | Circular Economy |
| 24 Jun 2026 | EU Tobacco | Member | EU Tobacco Legislation |
| 24 Jun 2026 | European Metals | Member | European Metals Day keynote speech |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Public Affairs Brussels | Member | Can Europe decarbonise without deindustrialising? Evidence from ETS and CBAM |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Welcome.org; WindEurope ↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 17 Jun 2026 | GROUPE SEB | Member | CBAM and TDF |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Microsoft Corporation ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Environmental omnibus- speeding up of environmental assessments |
| 17 Jun 2026 | ENEL SpA ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Environmental 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 Radan Kanev 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 383 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Radan Kanev 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 Radan Kanev differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0033/2026 – Nela Riehl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 10 March 2026 | A10-0025/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 10 March 2026 | A10-0011/2026 – Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 11 February 2026 | B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 11 February 2026 | B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 11 February 2026 | B10-0107/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 11 February 2026 | A10-0003/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
40 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
66 counterpart entrys in Radan Kanev's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Cefic” - likely CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council (3 counterpart entrys)
- “CLEPA” - likely European Association Automotive Suppliers (2 counterpart entrys)
- “EUROFER” - likely The European Steel Association (2 counterpart entrys)
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.