Elena YONCHEVA
🇧🇬 Bulgaria· Socialists & Democrats·Movement for Rights and Freedoms·Rank #971 by amendments·1 term: 9th
Most active on Asylum and migration management; Challenges and opportunities for the fishing sector in the Black Sea; Asylum Procedure Regulation. 1,003 amendments across 23 dossiers in 6 committees over 1 term since 2020.
1,003
Amendments
committee amendments
934
Co-signed
tabled with other Members · 93% of total
69
Solo
tabled alone
23
Procedures
6 committees
In plenary
Votes
Plenary roll-call record
95.5%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term
10th51.6% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·95.5% withNon-attached
9th79.9% participation·of 19,277 roll-calls held·95.7% withS&D
Roll-call votes since July 2019 · HowTheyVote.eu / European Parliament · roll-call votes only
Key votes — against the group line
text-deciding & knife-edge roll-calls8 Jul 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
2025 Commission report on Albania17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
2025 Commission report on Montenegro17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
2025 Commission report on Kosovo17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
2025 Commission report on North Macedonia17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)And 12 more on covered votes.
Covered votes = the text-deciding and knife-edge roll-calls this site tracks; a group’s line is the majority of its expressed votes. Individual positions: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL). Breaking the line is a fact, not a grade.
Network & subjects
Works most with
Sylvie GUILLAUME
shared 369 amendments
Pietro BARTOLO
shared 308 amendments
Giuliano PISAPIA
shared 299 amendments
Petar VITANOV
shared 295 amendments
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
shared 290 amendments
Bettina VOLLATH
shared 290 amendments
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR
shared 289 amendments
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ
shared 267 amendments
Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.
Connections
Most amended subjects
- Asylum, refugees, displaced persons; Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)410
- Free movement and integration of third-country nationals298
- Migration policy286
- Principles common to the Member States, EU values146
- Press, media freedom and pluralism129
- Common security and defence policy (CSDP); WEU, NATO106
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Roles & memberships
10th term · dated, from the official recordCommittees
- SubstituteDEVE — Development19 Jul 2024 → 22 Dec 2024
- SubstituteDROI — Human Rights (subcommittee)19 Jul 2024 → 22 Dec 2024
- MemberLIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs19 Jul 2024 → 22 Dec 2024
- MemberITRE — Industry, Research and Energy23 Jan 2025 → 7 Jul 2026
Delegations
- MemberD-CN — Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China19 Sep 2024 → 22 Dec 2024
- SubstituteD-IL — Delegation for relations with Israel19 Sep 2024 → 22 Dec 2024
- SubstituteDARP — Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula19 Sep 2024 → 22 Dec 2024
- MemberDARP — Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula31 Mar 2025 → 7 Jul 2026
- SubstituteDKOR — Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula2 Apr 2025 → 7 Jul 2026
- SubstituteDMED — Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean15 Jul 2026 → ongoing
Full record
All their amendments, by procedure
23 procedures · sorted by countThe complete record: open any procedure to read every amendment in full text — or download the whole list.
By subject
Asylum and migration management
2020/0279(COD)·LIBE9th·9 Dec 2021 – 10 Dec 2021
278
amendments
Challenges and opportunities for the fishing sector in the Black Sea
2019/2159(INI)·PECH9th·17 Mar 2021
100
amendments
Asylum Procedure Regulation
2016/0224(COD)·LIBE9th·16 Dec 2021
80
amendments
European Media Freedom Act
2022/0277(COD)·LIBE9th·5 May 2023 – 9 May 2023
61
amendments
52 solo
Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation
2019/2206(INI)·LIBE9th·8 Jul 2020
52
amendments
45
amendments
Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings
2022/0117(COD)·LIBE9th·3 Apr 2023
43
amendments
European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA)
2022/0219(COD)·AFET / ITRE9th·13 Feb 2023
42
amendments
The Commission’s 2020 Rule of law report - COM(2020)0580
2021/2025(INI)·LIBE9th·26 Apr 2021
40
amendments
The Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
2020/2072(INL)·LIBE9th·27 Jul 2020
39
amendments
Strategic Compass and EU space-based defence capabilities
2022/2078(INI)·AFET9th·6 Jul 2023
27
amendments