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Tsvetelina Penkova, official European Parliament portrait

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%.

43
declared meetings
current term
96
records since 2019
full dataset
68%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
395/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
102/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Tsvetelina Penkova, this term
43
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkApril 2026: 75% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 8 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Tsvetelina Penkova meets most

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 Apr 2026Eurelectric aisbl RapporteurTEN-E
7 Apr 2026EU DSO Entity ; European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity ; Green Industrial Grids AssociationRapporteurS&D ITRE hearing on Grids Package
16 Feb 2026Cosmetics Europe ; Chanel Limited MemberOmnibus VI Chemical regulations
11 Feb 2026Edison Spa RapporteurTEN-E
27 Jan 2026ZscalerMemberCybersecurity and innovation
13 Jan 2026Urenco MemberEnergy Policy
5 Nov 2025ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE MemberEnergy Policy
22 Oct 2025Forum Atomique Européen MemberEnergy Policy
21 Oct 2025ENGIE MemberEnergy Policy
7 Oct 2025TotalEnergies SE MemberEnergy Policy
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
17 Jul 2025Tony Blair Institute for Global Change MemberEnergy Policy
17 Jul 2025TotalEnergies SE MemberEnergy policy
17 Jul 2025AlpitronicMemberEnergy Policies - EV Charging
3 Jun 2025ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, AssociaçãoShadow rapporteurStartups and SMEs policy
27 May 2025European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association MemberLegislative priorities
13 May 2025LillyMemberAlzheimer treatment
2 Apr 2025Edison Spa MemberDiscussion on energy policies and the Clean Industrial Deal
27 Mar 2025Great Britain’s National Energy System Operator (NESO)MemberDiscussion on EU-UK energy cooperation
4 Mar 2025Teollisuuden Voima Oyj MemberDiscussion of enregy priorities
6 Feb 2025IOGP - International Association of Oil & Gas ProducersMemberDiscussion of future energy policies
5 Feb 2025ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental ReactorMemberMeeting with Mr. Pietro Barabaschi, Director General of ITER
5 Feb 2025DESFA - Operator of the Greek National Natural Gas SystemMemberDESFA’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 2024Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and NumbersMemberInternet Governance Forum
13 Nov 2024European Internet Forum MemberFuture priorities
4 Nov 2024Proxima Fusion MemberFuture priorities
24 Oct 2024H/Advisors CiceroMemberFuture priorities
24 Oct 2024European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum MemberFuture priorities ECON
22 Oct 2024Forvis MazarsMemberFuture priorities
21 Oct 2024Cisco Systems Inc. MemberFuture priorities
18 Oct 2024Blockchain for Europe MemberFuture 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.

81%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
416
final texts voted on
of 537
96%
voted with the S&D majority
on 414 final texts
17
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Tsvetelina Penkova537 final votes
68%23%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the S&D majority39796%
Voted differently174%

Final texts where Tsvetelina Penkova differed from the S&D majority

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:

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.