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Tsvetelina PENKOVA

Bulgaria Bulgaria S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Bulgarian Socialist Party

Tsvetelina PENKOVA is a Member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria, representing Bulgarian Socialist Party in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Tsvetelina has submitted 222 amendments, delivered 13 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 5 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 80.9% (4793 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 222 811.1 -589 623rd/743 13th/17 123rd/138
Speeches 13 44.4 -31 639th/743 13th/17 121st/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 8th/17 65th/138
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 10th/17 55th/138
Questions 5 39.7 -35 673rd/743 14th/17 124th/138
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 7th/17 101st/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 6th/17 56th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 2 2.7 -1 273rd/743 4th/17 37th/138
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 9th/17 90th/138
Vote Participation 80.9% 86.3% – 588th/745 11th/17 105th/138

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 ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Substitute REGI – Committee on Regional Development
Substitute IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Vice-Chair ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Delegations

Vice-Chair D-ME – Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
Member D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Member DSCA – Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee

Other Bulgaria MEPs All Bulgaria MEPs →

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Other S&D MEPs All S&D MEPs →

Tobias CREMER719 am Tonino PICULA254 am Udo BULLMANN762 am Vasile DÎNCU396 am Victor NEGRESCU1,598 am
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 7 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 3 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 23 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Regional Development (REGI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 2 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (D-ME): Vice-Chair, since 2025-01-15
  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (DSCA): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-10-02 A10-0185/2025 REPORT on access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups (ECON)
  • 2025-06-25 A10-0113/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the adoption by Bulgaria of the euro on 1 January 2026 (ECON)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-05 ECON_AD(2026)784399 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/444, (EU) 2021/690, (EU) 2021/785, (EU) 2021/847 and (EU) 2021/1077 (ECON)
  • 2026-04-07 REGI_AD(2026)782392 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695 (REGI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/2072(INI): 45 amendments, latest 2025-06-13 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups
  • 2025/0543(COD): 34 amendments, latest 2026-03-05 (REGI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695
  • 2025/0399(COD): 24 amendments, latest 2026-05-20 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869
  • 2025/0590(COD): 23 amendments, latest 2026-04-14 (ECON)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/444, (EU) 2021/690, (EU) 2021/785, (EU) 2021/847 and (EU) 2021/1077
  • 2025/0265(CNS): 22 amendments, latest 2026-03-30 (ITRE)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948

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

  • 2026-03-11 State of play of the unitary patent system, ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement and deadlock over the unitary supplementary protection certificate (E-10-2026-001002)
  • 2025-08-06 Need for a common EU approach to sustainability and a joint response in the face of critical water stress (E-10-2025-003193)
  • 2024-12-16 Adoption of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion (E-10-2024-002958)
  • 2024-12-09 Infringement procedure No 2018/2268 and status of private hospitals in relation to Directive 2014/24/EU (E-10-2024-002831)
  • 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.

  • 2026-07-01 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 Tsvetelina PENKOVA set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 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 meanS&D meanBulgaria mean
Amendments222811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)565.5 (lower)
Speeches1344.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)25.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)1.2 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)3.6 (lower)
Questions539.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)16.1 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)24.5 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.9 (lower)0.4 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)22.7 (lower)1.9 (higher)1.2 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)33.6 (lower)
Vote Participation80.9%86.3% (lower)85.8% (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.