Kristian VIGENIN
S&D Bulgaria AFCOENVILIBESANTSEDE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 4 Jun 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 4 Jun 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
100
meetings published this term · rank 235 of 718
15
held as shadow rapporteur
97
distinct organisations met
51%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
25 Sep 2024 – 9 Apr 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
2 of 10
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (20%) · rank 248 of 628
15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/0084(COD) | Information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2023/0202(COD) | Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0321(NLE) | Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on cooperation with and through the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Federal Police of Brazil | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 12 May 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0130(COD) | Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures | ECON+ENVI+LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 24 Sep 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0172(COD) | Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects | IMCO+SEDE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 5 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0359(COD) | Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) | IMCO+LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 23 Jan 2026 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/0531(COD) | Amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products | ENVI+IMCO | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 15 Dec 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0542(COD) | Establishing the Union support for internal security for the period from 2028 to 2034 | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 26 Jan 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/0555(COD) | Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 19 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2042(INI) | Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process | AFCO | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 18 Feb 2025 | none matched |
Declared meetings (100)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2026 | Member | NGT | 2023/0226(COD) | Corporate Europe Observatory | registered ↗ |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Member | Biotech Act | 2025/0406(COD) | EPODIN | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital AI omnibus | 2025/0359(COD) | ALLAI | not in register |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | Standing Committee of European Doctors | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | European Tech Alliance | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Dogital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | registered ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Member | Biotech Act | 2025/0406(COD) | Fresenius SE & Co.KGaA | registered ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | DOT Europe | registered ↗ |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | AI CHAMBER | not in register |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | registered ↗ | |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | Microsoft Corporation | registered ↗ |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Member | EU4Health | — | European Patients' Forum (EPF) | registered ↗ |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Member | Bilateral relations EU-Morocco | — | Ambassador Morocco | not in register |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION | registered ↗ |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | Mistral AI | registered ↗ |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital omnibus AI | 2025/0359(COD) | The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA | registered ↗ |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Member | Bilateral relations EU-China | — | China mission representatives | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | EU health policy developments | — | Redcare Pharmacy N.V. | registered ↗ |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | Future of the European automotive sector | — | Lubrizol | registered ↗ |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Ambassador Israel | not in register |
| 18 Jul 2025 | Member | Ongoing legislation | — | Artificial Intelligence Council to the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry shop assistant | not in register |
| 18 Jul 2025 | Member | Ongoing legislation | — | Bulgarian Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Homeopathic Medicines | not in register |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Member | Europe’s medical-device supply chain | — | Alber & Geiger | registered ↗ |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Member | Ongoing legislation | — | Fresenius Global Union Alliance | registered ↗ |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Ambassador Germany | not in register |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Ambassador Ireland | not in register |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Member | EUVP Meeting - Exchange of views | — | Movement ‘Yuksalish’ | not in register |
| 4 Jul 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Alzheimer Bulgaria | not in register |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Member | Innovative medicines access across Europe | — | EFPIA | not in register |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Member | Ongoing Legislation | — | Johnson & Johnson | not in register |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Member | EU Tobacco Control Framework | — | Ecma International | not in register |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Ambassador Uzbekistan | not in register |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Member | Europe’s industrial competitiveness | — | Hitachi Europe Ltd. | not in register |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Novartis Bulgaria | not in register |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Member | Omnibus proposal on the EU’s sustainability | — | Teneo Brussels | not in register |
| 2 Jun 2025 | Member | GDPR omnibus | — | EDRi | not in register |
| 29 May 2025 | Member | Bilateral relations | — | North Korea amabassador to Bulgaria | not in register |
| 19 May 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Chair of the Foreign Affairs commitee / PRC | not in register |
| 14 May 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | GDPR procedural regulation | 2023/0202(COD) | BEUC | not in register |
| 14 May 2025 | Member | New healthcare and pharma initiatives | — | Eli Lilly and Company | registered ↗ |
| 6 May 2025 | Member | Exchange of views on sustainability | — | Microsoft Corporation | registered ↗ |
| 6 May 2025 | Member | Ongoing initiatives | — | Nucleareurope | not in register |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Member | Introductory meeting | — | TRANSFORM alliance | not in register |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Member | Working lunch | — | Minister Counselor PRC | not in register |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | GDPR procedural regulation | 2023/0202(COD) | DIGITALEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Member | Ongoing initiatives | — | Affordable Medicines Europe | registered ↗ |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Member | Upcoming legislation | — | Philip Morris International Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Ambassador of Egypt | not in register |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Mission of Canada to the EU | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Ambassador Israel | not in register |
| 7 Mar 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Bulgarian Association for Medicines Parallel Trade Developmen | not in register |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Member | Exchange of view | — | Apple Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Mission of Georgia to the EU | not in register |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Exchange of views | 2023/0202(COD) | FEDMA | not in register |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Member | Ongoing negotations on GPL | — | AstraZeneca PLC | registered ↗ |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Clean Heat | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Delegation from Georgian parliament | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | European Brands Association | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Nestlé S.A. | registered ↗ |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Raytheon Technologies | registered ↗ |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Member | Contribution of biogas and biomethane to the EU’s climate neutrality objective | — | European Biogas Association | registered ↗ |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Member | Digital and cultural issues of the new legislature | — | EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision | registered ↗ |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Member | Ongoing legislation | — | Carbon Capture & Storage Europe | not in register |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Minister Counselor responsible for parliamentary affairs of the China Mission to the EU | not in register |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Member | Future initiatives | — | SME Connect | registered ↗ |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Member | Exchange of views | — | Neste Oyj | registered ↗ |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Member | Exchange of views on the challenges that the European industry is facing | — | Koch, Inc. | not in register |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Member | State of play and future initiatives | — | Foundation for European Progressive Studies | not in register |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Member | Future initiatives | — | BOUYGUES EUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | Priorities of the 10th legislature | — | European Biodiesel Board | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | The future of transport in Europe | — | TAXIS 4 SMART MOBILITY | registered ↗ |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Member | Ongoing legislation | — | UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe | not in register |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Member | State of play and future initiatives | — | Mastercard Europe | registered ↗ |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Member | Future of EU health policies | — | All Policies for a Healthy Europe | registered ↗ |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Member | State of play and future initiatives | — | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical | registered ↗ |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Member | Compliance with AI Act and product safety legislation | — | TÜV Association | not in register |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Member | Implications of pharma legislation for Bulgaria | — | Novartis International AG | registered ↗ |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Member | EU plan for cardiovascular diseases | — | European Society of Cardiology | registered ↗ |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Member | Toxic-free future | — | European Environmental Bureau | registered ↗ |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Member | Illegal animal trading | — | Four paws | not in register |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | AI and copyright | — | European Composer and Songwriter Alliance | registered ↗ |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | Media independence | — | European Magazine Media Association|European Newspaper Publishers' Association|News Media Europe | entry 1 entry 2 entry 3 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | Upcoming EU initiatives in healthcare | — | American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium | registered ↗ |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | Web3 Intergroup | — | ARCTURUS GROUP|Adan | registered ↗ |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Member | Possible inititatives on digital rights | — | People vs Big Tech | not in register |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Member | Upcoming legislation | — | BASF SE | registered ↗ |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | GDPR procedural regulation | 2023/0202(COD) | noyb - European Center for Digital Rights | registered ↗ |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Member | State of play of relations with Uzbekistan | — | Ambassador of Uzbekistan | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | Initiatives against violence against the police in EU | — | EuroCOP | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | State of play and future decarbonisation | — | International oil and gas producers | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | State of play and upcoming initiatives | — | Corporate Leaders Group Europe | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | State of play and upcoming legislation in healthcare | — | EUCOPE | not in register |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Member | Priorities in health policy for this mandate | — | Acumen Public Affairs | registered ↗ |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | CO2 emissions | — | BMW | not in register |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | Health inequalities across Europe | — | EuroHealthNet | registered ↗ |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | Pharma legislation | — | Eli Lilly and Company | registered ↗ |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Member | Possible MDR revision | — | RPP Group | registered ↗ |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Member | Vaccination campaigns | — | FIPRA International SRL|SIGA Technologies | registered ↗ |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Member | Introductory meeting | — | WWF European Policy Programme | registered ↗ |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Member | Membership of EIF | — | European Internet Forum | registered ↗ |