Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)
For elections in the European Union, Bulgaria is a European Parliament constituency, represented by seventeen MEPs. It covers the member state of Bulgaria.
Current MEPs
As of January 2015Name | National party | EP group |
Nedzhmi Ali | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
Nikolay Barekov | Bulgaria without Censorship | ECR |
Angel Dzhambazki | IMRO-BNM | ECR |
Asim Ademov | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP |
Filiz Hyusmenova | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
Iliana Iotova | Bulgarian Socialist Party | PES |
Andrey Kovatchev | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP |
Ilhan Kyuchyuk | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
Svetoslav Malinov | Democrats for Strong Bulgaria | EPP |
Iskra Mihaylova | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
Momchil Nekov | Bulgarian Socialist Party | PES |
Andrey Novakov | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP |
Eva Maydell | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP |
Georgi Pirinski | Bulgarian Socialist Party | PES |
Emil Radev | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP |
Sergei Stanishev | Bulgarian Socialist Party | PES |
Vladimir Urutchev | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP |
2007
The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first since joining the European Union on 2007-01-01 and was held on 2007-05-20.The top two parties scored 5 seats each; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Socialist Party, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.