
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria S&D
Tsvetelina Penkova
MEP for Bulgaria · Socialists & Democrats · Bulgarian Socialist Party · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D, Bulgaria) has declared 43 lobby meetings this term - rank 395 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 102 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
68% 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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 8 in Sep 2024.
Busiest month: 8 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Tsvetelina Penkova meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| TotalEnergies SE | 2 |
| ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE | 2 |
| Edison Spa | 2 |
| ENGIE | 2 |
| European Internet Forum | 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
Energy (18), Technology & digital (8), Chemicals & manufacturing (4)
Meetings by committee topic
Industry, Research and Energy (7), Economic and Monetary Affairs (1), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr 2026 | Eurelectric aisbl ↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E |
| 7 Apr 2026 | EU DSO Entity ↗; European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity ↗; Green Industrial Grids Association | Rapporteur | S&D ITRE hearing on Grids Package |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Cosmetics Europe ↗; Chanel Limited ↗ | Member | Omnibus VI Chemical regulations |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Edison Spa ↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Zscaler | Member | Cybersecurity and innovation |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Urenco ↗ | Member | Energy Policy |
| 5 Nov 2025 | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE ↗ | Member | Energy Policy |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Forum Atomique Européen ↗ | Member | Energy Policy |
| 21 Oct 2025 | ENGIE ↗ | Member | Energy Policy |
| 7 Oct 2025 | TotalEnergies SE ↗ | Member | Energy Policy |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2025 | Tony Blair Institute for Global Change ↗ | Member | Energy Policy |
| 17 Jul 2025 | TotalEnergies SE ↗ | Member | Energy policy |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Alpitronic | Member | Energy Policies - EV Charging |
| 3 Jun 2025 | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | Shadow rapporteur | Startups and SMEs policy |
| 27 May 2025 | European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association ↗ | Member | Legislative priorities |
| 13 May 2025 | Lilly | Member | Alzheimer treatment |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Edison Spa ↗ | Member | Discussion on energy policies and the Clean Industrial Deal |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Great Britain’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) | Member | Discussion on EU-UK energy cooperation |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Teollisuuden Voima Oyj ↗ | Member | Discussion of enregy priorities |
| 6 Feb 2025 | IOGP - International Association of Oil & Gas Producers | Member | Discussion of future energy policies |
| 5 Feb 2025 | ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | Member | Meeting with Mr. Pietro Barabaschi, Director General of ITER |
| 5 Feb 2025 | DESFA - Operator of the Greek National Natural Gas System | Member | DESFA’s main projects and priorities in securing energy supplies in the SEE region and contributing to the climate goals of the European Union. |
| 2 Dec 2024 | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | Member | Internet Governance Forum |
| 13 Nov 2024 | European Internet Forum ↗ | Member | Future priorities |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Proxima Fusion ↗ | Member | Future priorities |
| 24 Oct 2024 | H/Advisors Cicero | Member | Future priorities |
| 24 Oct 2024 | European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum ↗ | Member | Future priorities ECON |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Forvis Mazars | Member | Future priorities |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Cisco Systems Inc. ↗ | Member | Future priorities |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Blockchain for Europe ↗ | Member | Future priorities |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Tsvetelina Penkova 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 414 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Tsvetelina Penkova 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 Tsvetelina Penkova 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 |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | A10-0003/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | B10-0506/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2025 | A10-0121/2025 – Beata Szydło – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 22 May 2025 | A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Proposition de la Commission | Abstained | For |
| 8 May 2025 | C10-0044/2025 - Proposition de la Commission | For | Against |
| 8 May 2025 | A10-0059/2025 - Karin Karlsbro - Proposition de la Commission | Abstained | For |
7 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
9 counterpart entrys in Tsvetelina Penkova's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Alpitronic” - likely Alpitronic (1 counterpart entry)
- “ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação” - likely ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação (1 counterpart entry)
- “Forvis Mazars” - likely Forvis Mazars GmbH & Co. KG (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.