Committees and delegations

Hristo PETROV holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

• Committee on Culture and Education (CULT): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 23 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Member, since 2025-07-07. Attended 28 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation for relations with Japan (D-JP): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
• Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MK): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

• 2026-02-27 A10-0033/2026 REPORT on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities – annual report 2026 (EMPL)
• 2025-12-22 A10-0260/2025 REPORT on developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (EMPL)
• 2025-02-27 A10-0023/2025 REPORT on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 (EMPL)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

• 2026-06-10 CULT_AD(2026)785263 OPINION on the Implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (CULT)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 4, most recent first.

• 2026-06-10 CULT_AD(2026)785325 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 (CULT)
• 2026-01-27 CULT_AD(2026)779570 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section III – Commission and executive agencies (CULT)
• 2025-02-20 EMPL_AD(2025)766602 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU talent pool (EMPL)
• 2025-02-19 CULT_AL(2025)768066 Opinion on Guidelines for the 2026 Budget –Section III (CULT)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Hristo PETROV has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

• 2025/0240(COD): 188 amendments, latest 2026-06-30 (CJ71)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
• 2023/0404(COD): 154 amendments, latest 2024-12-18 (EMPL)
  EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU talent pool
• 2025/0545(COD): 148 amendments, latest 2026-04-27 (EMPL)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
• 2025/2095(INI): 148 amendments, latest 2025-07-24 (EMPL)
  EP document title: REPORT on developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy
• 2025/2081(INI): 99 amendments, latest 2025-11-19 (CULT)
  EP document title: OPINION on impact of social media and the online environment on young people

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 17, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

• 2026-07-16 Ensuring the continued operation of the Blue Flag Programme under Directive (EU) 2024/825 (E-10-2026-003031)
• 2026-07-07 Compatibility of Bulgaria’s Order No RD11-1585 of 19 June 2026 on intra-EU raw milk deliveries with Article 34 TFEU and the Official Controls Regulation (P-10-2026-002803)
• 2026-06-02 Streaming fraud (E-10-2026-002243)
• 2026-05-06 Continuity of tertiary education for pregnant women and women with children (E-10-2026-001857)
• 2026-04-24 Transparency, control and potential irregularities in cultural schemes in Bulgaria financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (E-10-2026-001693)
• 2026-03-05 Clarification on Child Guarantee funding: detailed disbursements per Member State (E-10-2026-000933)
• 2026-01-12 The place of child poverty in the upcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy (E-10-2026-000058)
• 2025-11-12 Child-like sex dolls for sale: major e-commerce platforms failing to comply with EU law (E-10-2025-004488)
• 2025-09-23 Emotional dependence on artificial intelligence (AI) systems (E-10-2025-003674)
• 2025-09-15 Access to accommodation for staff from third countries participating in Erasmus+ exchanges (E-10-2025-003549)
• 2025-07-18 Review of the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme in the context of the European Child Guarantee (E-10-2025-003007)
• 2025-07-04 The abuse of state advertising for political influence and enforcement of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) (E-10-2025-002736)
• 2025-04-07 Information on the first-ever European-wide enquiry on the impact of social media on the well-being of young people (E-10-2025-001411)
• 2025-04-02 The financing of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (E-10-2025-001357)
• 2025-02-21 Working conditions of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (E-10-2025-000809)
• 2025-02-21 Commission’s response to the incomplete implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Member States (E-10-2025-000810)
• 2024-09-17 Recent increase in electricity prices in central and eastern Europe (E-10-2024-001736)

Motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

• 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0060)

Written explanations of vote

All 9, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

• Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy
• Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
• EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024
• European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025
• European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026
• European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges
• European Social Fund Plus post-2027
• Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
• Protection of minors online

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Hristo PETROV set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe group and of the Members from Bulgaria. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.