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Ilia LAZAROV

Bulgaria Bulgaria EPP – European People's Party Union of Democratic Forces

Ilia LAZAROV is a Member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria, representing Union of Democratic Forces in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Ilia has submitted 67 amendments, delivered 1 speech, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 6 questions, and filed 0 motions. Vote participation stands at 73.8% (4373 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 67 811.1 -744 692nd/743 15th/17 179th/193
Speeches 1 44.4 -43 722nd/743 17th/17 185th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 8th/17 96th/193
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 11th/17 69th/193
Questions 6 39.7 -34 658th/743 12th/17 158th/193
Motions 0 19.6 -20 692nd/743 12th/17 167th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 6th/17 70th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 9th/17 97th/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 9th/17 88th/193
Vote Participation 73.8% 86.3% – 662nd/745 13th/17 169th/193

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Substitute AGRI – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Member INTA – Committee on International Trade

Delegations

Substitute DMER – Delegation for relations with Mercosur
Member DLAT – Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute D-CL – Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 4 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on International Trade (INTA): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 26 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-CL): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Mercosur (DMER): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-10-09 A10-0188/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/823 of 28 February 2024 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process (INTA)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0555(COD): 24 amendments, latest 2026-05-19 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU)
  • 2025/0241(COD): 21 amendments, latest 2026-07-14 (AGRI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034
  • 2024/0061(COD): 15 amendments, latest 2025-03-31 (SEDE, ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)
  • 2025/2021(INI): 5 amendments, latest 2025-03-28 (AFET)
    EP document title: REPORT on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on North Macedonia
  • 2023/0448(COD): 2 amendments, latest 2025-04-16 (TRAN, AGRI)

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 6, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-06-11 Small modular reactors (E-10-2026-002408)
  • 2026-04-30 Systemic shortcomings in food safety controls and imports in the EU (E-10-2026-001772)
  • 2026-04-24 Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedure (E-10-2026-001688)
  • 2026-04-24 Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedure (E-10-2026-001689)
  • 2025-07-22 Reassessing the timetable and safeguards for ETS2: preventing price shocks and ensuring social readiness (E-10-2025-003032)
  • 2024-12-16 Adoption of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion (E-10-2024-002958)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Ilia LAZAROV set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party 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.

ActivityCountEP meanEPP meanBulgaria mean
Amendments67811.1 (lower)732.9 (lower)565.5 (lower)
Speeches144.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)25.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.0 (lower)1.2 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)3.6 (lower)
Questions639.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)16.1 (lower)
Motions019.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)24.5 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.7 (lower)0.4 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)1.2 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)33.6 (lower)
Vote Participation73.8%86.3% (lower)86.1% (lower)81.9% (lower)

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