Andrey KOVATCHEV
PPE Bulgaria AFETCONTEUDS Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 6 Jul 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 6 Jul 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
42
meetings published this term · rank 410 of 719
4
held as shadow rapporteur
39
distinct organisations met
31%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
3 Sep 2024 – 11 Jun 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
1 of 10
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (10%) · rank 341 of 628
4
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/0086(COD) | Macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 4 Nov 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/2021(DEC) | 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 23 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/2024(DEC) | 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 23 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2025/0227(COD) | Establishing Global Europe | AFET+DEVE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 26 Jan 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/2017(INI) | 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 14 Jan 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/2110(INI) | EU enlargement strategy | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 16 Jul 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2147(DEC) | Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 Jul 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2150(DEC) | Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 Jul 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2151(DEC) | Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 Jul 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2152(DEC) | Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Committee of the Regions | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 Jul 2025 | none matched |
Declared meetings (42)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | Member | Fight against disinformation | — | Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Member | Meeting to discuss topics related to the tobacco industry | — | Philip Morris Bulgaria | not in register |
| 14 Dec 2025 | Member | EU-China relations | — | Ambassador of PRC to Bulgaria | not in register |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Member | EU-Turkiye relations | — | Members of the Turkish Parliament | not in register |
| 31 Aug 2025 | Member | Cultural Heritage and Cross-Border Cooperation in the Balkans | — | MPO ''Pirin'' | not in register |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Member | Relations between the EU and Morocco | — | Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Belgium | not in register |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Member | Recent developments in Armenia | — | Members of the Armenian Parliament | not in register |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania | 2025/2017(INI) | Albanian politicians | not in register |
| 22 May 2025 | Member | Human rights situation for religious communities in Jerusalem | — | Religious representatives | not in register |
| 22 May 2025 | Member | Introductory meeting | — | Wolt Enterprises | registered ↗ |
| 14 May 2025 | Member | Recent developments in the Middle East and EU-Jordan relations | — | Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the EU and NATO | not in register |
| 7 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania | 2025/2017(INI) | Albanian politicians | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania | 2025/2017(INI) | Mission of the Republic of Albania to the EU | not in register |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Member | Recent developments in Serbia | — | Serbian politicians | not in register |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Member | EU-Egypt partnership | 2024/0071(COD) | Egyptian Mission in Brussels | not in register |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Recent developments in Albania | 2025/2017(INI) | Albanian politicians | not in register |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Member | EU-Israel relations and recent developments in the Middle East | — | Mission of Israel to the European Union | not in register |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Member | Historical reconciliation and remembrance in the EU | — | Platform of European Memory and Conscience | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | The situation of Christians in the Middle East | — | World Council of Churches | not in register |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Member | Recent developments in Iran | — | Le Conseil National de la Resistance Iranienne-Bruxelles | registered ↗ |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Member | EP Matters | — | Amazon Europe Core SARL | registered ↗ |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Member | EU healthcare agenda | — | EURORDIS | not in register |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Member | Human rights in the Philippines | — | Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte Philippinen | registered ↗ |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Member | Human rights in Armenia | — | The Secretariat of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum | registered ↗ |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Member | EU healthcare agenda | — | Association Little Bulgarian People | not in register |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Member | Developments in Ukraine | — | Ukrainian Politician | not in register |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Member | EU-Armenia relations | — | Mission of Armenia to the European Union | not in register |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Member | Recent developments in Iran | — | Le Conseil National de la Resistance Iranienne-Bruxelles | registered ↗ |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Member | Recent developments in Lebanon | — | Civic influence hub | not in register |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Priorities for the new mandate | — | European Cigar Manufacturers Association | registered ↗ |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Recent developments in the Middle East | — | UNRWA | not in register |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Sakharov prize nominations | — | Human rights advocate | not in register |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Situation of political prisoners in Cuba and Turkey | — | PRISONERS DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK | registered ↗ |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | EU-Armenia relations | — | European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy | registered ↗ |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | Recent developments in the Middle East | — | Mission of the State of Palestine to the EU | not in register |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Member | Recent developments in Armenia | — | United Nations Global Compact | not in register |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Member | Textbook issues in conflict zones | — | The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education | not in register |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Situation of Christians worldwide | — | Open Doors International | registered ↗ |
| 14 Sep 2024 | Member | The relations between Bulgaria and China | — | Embassy of China in Bulgaria | not in register |
| 12 Sep 2024 | Member | The recent political developments in Kosovo and the progress towards EU accession | — | Embassy of the Republic of Kosova in Brussels\| | not in register |
| 12 Sep 2024 | Member | The recent political developments in Serbia and the progress towards EU accession | — | Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2024 | Member | The situation in Ukraine and the need of a new European Parliament intergroup to connect marginalized peoples including Crimean Tatars | — | Center for Civil Liberties | registered ↗ |