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Nikola MINCHEV

Bulgaria Bulgaria RE – Renew Europe We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria

Nikola MINCHEV is a Member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria, representing We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria in the Renew Europe (RE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Nikola has submitted 1459 amendments, delivered 27 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 5 as shadow rapporteur, asked 33 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 93.8% (5559 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 1459 811.1 +648 121st/743 2nd/17 29th/79
Speeches 27 44.4 -17 471st/743 8th/17 52nd/79
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 3rd/17 21st/79
Reports (Shadow) 5 3.8 +1 172nd/743 5th/17 31st/79
Questions 33 39.7 -7 325th/743 2nd/17 28th/79
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 7th/17 68th/79
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 6th/17 36th/79
Opinions (Shadow) 5 2.7 +2 113th/743 1st/17 22nd/79
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 9th/17 48th/79
Vote Participation 93.8% 86.3% – 215th/745 3rd/17 19th/79

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

Vice-Chair IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Substitute CULT – Committee on Culture and Education
Substitute LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Delegations

Substitute DKOR – Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula
Member D-JP – Delegation for relations with Japan
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Culture and Education (CULT): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 15 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 22 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 17 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Japan (D-JP): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (DKOR): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-02-20 A10-0013/2025 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data (LIBE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-04-20 A10-0104/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products (ENVI, IMCO)
  • 2025-12-18 A10-0271/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (IMCO, SEDE)
  • 2025-12-05 A10-0248/2025 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina (LIBE)
  • 2025-07-28 A10-0157/2025 REPORT on the role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model (CULT)
  • 2025-06-12 A10-0109/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 (LIBE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-27 IMCO_AD(2026)778089 OPINION on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people (IMCO)
  • 2026-02-02 IMCO_AD(2026)778121 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the registration documents for vehicles and vehicle registration data recorded in national vehicle registers (IMCO)
  • 2026-01-27 CULT_AD(2026)781127 OPINION on financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union (CULT)
  • 2025-12-04 IMCO_AD(2025)778358 OPINION on flagship European defence projects of common interest (IMCO)
  • 2025-04-10 IMCO_AD(2025)768076 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (IMCO)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/2239(INI): 244 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
  • 2025/2081(INI): 116 amendments, latest 2025-11-19 (CULT)
    EP document title: OPINION on impact of social media and the online environment on young people
  • 2025/0550(COD): 115 amendments, latest 2026-06-22 (CULT)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028 to 2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818
  • 2025/0240(COD): 103 amendments, latest 2026-05-05 (CULT)
    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
  • 2025/2135(INI): 81 amendments, latest 2025-11-12 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025

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

Most recent 20 of 32. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-08-09 Measures introduced by European Schools aimed at ‘gifted pupils’ (P-10-2026-003240)
  • 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)
  • 2026-06-17 Dynamic pricing for major sporting and cultural events (E-10-2026-002518)
  • 2026-06-16 Implementation of the Forced Labour Regulation and risks related to DPRK-linked products (E-10-2026-002478)
  • 2026-06-02 Streaming fraud (E-10-2026-002243)
  • 2026-04-24 Transparency, control and potential irregularities in cultural schemes in Bulgaria financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (E-10-2026-001693)
  • 2026-04-01 Concerns regarding the rule of law and fundamental rights in Georgia (E-10-2026-001362)
  • 2026-03-31 Dynamic pricing, competition concerns and consumer protection in FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket sales (E-10-2026-001336)
  • 2026-03-30 Balance between operational efficiency and safeguards in the revision of the Europol Regulation (E-10-2026-001320)
  • 2026-03-29 Unlawful police detentions and implications for the rule of law in Bulgaria (E-10-2026-001305)
  • 2026-03-19 Risks to the Chiren investigation and the national selection procedure for European prosecutors (P-10-2026-001159)
  • 2026-02-13 Train compensation (E-10-2026-000638)
  • 2026-01-14 Film production in eastern Europe: cultural policy or an economic instrument for fair competition within the EU? (E-10-2026-000153)
  • 2025-11-28 Universal Music Group’s intended acquisition of Downtown Music (E-10-2025-004716)
  • 2025-11-19 Urgent need for a revision of the Pyrotechnics Directive (E-10-2025-004605)
  • 2025-11-17 Meta’s revenue from scam advertising and possible unfair commercial practices (E-10-2025-004574)
  • 2025-11-12 Child-like sex dolls for sale: major e-commerce platforms failing to comply with EU law (E-10-2025-004488)
  • 2025-10-10 Removal of a Bulgarian civic initiative’s Facebook page and the need to safeguard civic space under the Digital Services Act (DSA) (P-10-2025-003989)
  • 2025-09-29 Russian drones violating Poland’s airspace (P-10-2025-003780)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-03-11 Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (O-10-2026-000014)

Motions for resolutions

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

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Nikola MINCHEV 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.

ActivityCountEP meanRE meanBulgaria mean
Amendments1459811.1 (higher)1225.9 (higher)565.5 (higher)
Speeches2744.4 (lower)50.9 (lower)25.8 (higher)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.1 (lower)1.2 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)53.8 (higher)5.0 (equal)3.6 (higher)
Questions3339.7 (lower)29.1 (higher)16.1 (higher)
Motions119.6 (lower)42.1 (lower)24.5 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.8 (lower)0.4 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)52.7 (higher)3.9 (higher)1.2 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)30.0 (lower)33.6 (lower)
Vote Participation93.8%86.3% (higher)88.0% (higher)81.9% (higher)

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