MEPs

Ilia LAZAROV

Bulgaria

PPE (European People's Party)

Union of Democratic Forces

Voting Statistics

Total Votes 324 For 254 Against 28 Abstention 18 Did Not Vote 24

Group Alignment

How often this MEP votes with their political group majority.

86.7%

Loyalty Rate

260

loyal votes

rebellious votes

Aligned Independent

Political Group Memberships

Current PPE

European People's Party

Jul 2024 – Mar 2026 (324 votes)

Rebel Subjects

Topics where this MEP most often breaks with their political group.

Enlargement of the Union 2

Public health 1

Competition 1

Procedures

187 votes

Flagship European defence projects of common interest

Fund joint military procurement by earmarking national budgets to develop European air, space, and drone defence systems in coordination with NATO.

11 Mar 2026 2025/2144(INI)

For

Tackling barriers to the single market for defence

Require member states to aggregate defence demand through common procurement and simplify regulations to reduce reliance on non-EU countries.

11 Mar 2026 2025/2143(INI)

For

EU enlargement strategy

Condition EU accession on strict rule-of-law reforms and align candidate countries with the common foreign policy to counter Russian and Chinese interference.

11 Mar 2026 2025/2110(INI)

Against

European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities – annual report 2026

Integrate social rights, child poverty funding, and affordable housing targets into the European Semester to reduce unemployment and social exclusion.

11 Mar 2026 2025/2183(INI)

For

European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026

Demand prudent fiscal policies from Member States to preserve public debt sustainability, considering excessive deficit procedures.

11 Mar 2026 2025/2214(INI)

For