
Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria S&D
Tsvetelina Penkova
MEP for Bulgaria · Socialists & Democrats · Bulgarian Socialist Party · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D, Bulgaria) has declared 53 lobby meetings this term - rank 395 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 102 of 135 in the S&D group.
72% 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 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: 8 in Sep 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 2 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 77.8% |
| Oct 2024 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Nov 2024 | 2 | 100% |
| Dec 2024 | 1 | 0% |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2025 | 3 | 0% |
| Mar 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Apr 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| May 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Jun 2025 | 1 | 0% |
| Jul 2025 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2025 | 3 | 100% |
| Nov 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 100% |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | - |
| Apr 2026 | 6 | 83.3% |
| May 2026 | 2 | 100% |
| Jun 2026 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Jul 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2026 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 8 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Tsvetelina Penkova meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| TotalEnergies SE | 3 |
| European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH) | 2 |
| ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE | 2 |
| Edison Spa | 2 |
| ENGIE | 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
Energy (24), Technology & digital (10), Chemicals & manufacturing (5)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Industry, Research and Energy (17), Economic and Monetary Affairs (1), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2026 | IFIEC Europe↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E revision |
| 24 Jun 2026 | European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH) | Rapporteur | TEN-E revision |
| 17 Jun 2026 | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E revision |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Gas Infrastructure Europe↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E Revisoin |
| 20 May 2026 | TotalEnergies SE↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E revision |
| 13 May 2026 | GASCADE Gastransport GmbH↗ | Rapporteur | Revision of the TEN-E Regulation |
| 21 Apr 2026 | CurrENT Europe↗; Schneider Electric↗ | Rapporteur | Ten-E Regulation |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Renewables Grid Initiative e.V.↗; REScoop.eu vzw↗; Climate Action Network Europe↗ | Rapporteur | Exchange on the Grids Packa |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Microsoft Corporation↗; DIGITALEUROPE↗ | Rapporteur | TEN-E Revision |
| 8 Apr 2026 | European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH) | Rapporteur | TEN-E Revision |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Tsvetelina Penkova 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 476 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 March 2026 | The EU enlargement strategy A10-0016/2026 · Petras Auštrevičius · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | The Agreement establishing an association between the European Union and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino respectively A10-0003/2026 · Željana Zovko · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 16 October 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara B10-0506/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2025 | The security of energy supply in the EU A10-0121/2025 · Beata Szydło · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 22 May 2025 | The modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and… A10-0087/2025 · Inese Vaidere · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
9 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
11 counterpart entries in Tsvetelina Penkova's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH)” - likely European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH) (2 counterpart entries)
- “Alpitronic” - likely Alpitronic (1 counterpart entry)
- “ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação” - likely ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 11 entries; the other 7 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.