Andrey Kovatchev

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• Video European Parliament 10 Nov 2026 Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting

  • MEP Kovatchev: Albania’s EU path, rule of law and environment 2:00:10 · 2:31 « Yes, thank you very much, Chair. Dear colleagues, Albania can and should conclude accession negotiations by end of 2027, but it's required concrete results: judiciary independence, stronger rule of law, a genuine fight against corruption, and effective environmental protection. Europe's… »

• Video European Parliament 10 Nov 2026 Euroscola

  • Introducing MEP Andrey Kovatchev and his priorities 1:12:33 · 0:15 « Fake news, foreign interference and coordinated disinformation campaigns are undermining democratic societies across the world. What is illegal offline must be also illegal online. »
  • Kovatchev on social media, AI and critical thinking 1:13:46 · 4:28 « Well, thank you very much, and welcome to Strasbourg to all our young friends from Europe here from Brussels. I am today in Brussels because the Parliament is having committee meetings, just now the Committee of Foreign Affairs, where I… »
  • Q&A: Student from Ireland: MEP salaries 1:19:44 · 2:34 « Unfortunately, I didn't I didn't understood exactly the question. To be cut money or I mean, the salary of the member of the parliament are public, and everybody know what is the salary of the members, and we are not… »
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• Video European Parliament 10 Nov 2026 Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting

  • Rapporteur Brandstätter: presentation of draft Black Sea report 1:14:03 · 0:35 « Thank you, Chair, dear colleagues, dear Mr Brandstätter. Indeed, a very important topic, especially in the recent development. But let me first give you my general remark. I am here since 2009, and one of my first AFET meetings in… »
  • EPP shadow Kovatchev: strengthen security hub and connectivity 1:14:36 · 3:02 « But now the circumstances around us and the geopolitical situation push us as European Union to do indeed reality much more on infrastructure, on defence, on anti-drone capacities, and all other points which are related to security much more. Now,… »
• Document 10 Nov 2026 68 authors PROPOSITION DE RÉSOLUTION COMMUNE sur les enfants ukrainiens déportés de force en Russie ou vivant dans les territoires ukrainiens occupés par la Russie
• Written question 10 Nov 2026 29 authors Death sentences for Leila Abolhasani and Taraneh Rahimi in Iran

• Video European Parliament 5 Nov 2026 Committee on Budgets Joint meeting Committee on Foreign Affairs

  • MEPs Kovatchev and Picula: communication, unused funds, Serbia and Montenegro 10:25 · 2:41 « Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr. Koopman. First of all, general remarks. We're Thursday morning, and they are two big committees, and there are not so many colleagues present, but this is on, yeah, on our side now, a bit… »
  • Kovatchev Q&A: Moldova energy diversification and Russian gas exit 31:32 · 0:28 « And my only question is: Is these projects also including energy diversification and independence, especially the vertical corridors from Greece to Bulgaria, Romania and then Moldova, so that Moldovan economy can be feud with different kind of energy than the… »
  • Kovatchev Q&A: 2027 funding gap, USL and frozen Russian assets 52:10 · 1:49 « Thank you. Thank you, Chair. And thank you, Mr. Kopman. Indeed, this is a huge challenge. I mean, we are very For us, it's very clear Ukraine is a country which is very important for our security, and investing in… »

• Video European Parliament 4 Nov 2026 Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Presentation of the Enlargement package by Marta Kos, Commissioner for Enlargement

  • Question of Andrey Kovatchev (EPP) on defining ‘bilateral issues’ and minority rights 1:04:04 · 1:36 « Thank you very much, Madam Chair, Commissioner. First, a very welcome to our friends from Ukraine, and this is very to be admired that the full all political parties in Ukraine are fully in favor of the European integration. I… »
• Written question 28 Oct 2026 10 authors Front Polisario
• Amendment 21 Oct 2026 24 authors Amendment 3139 - Draft report EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation
• Amendment 21 Oct 2026 24 authors Amendment 3141 - Draft report EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation
• Amendment 21 Oct 2026 24 authors Amendment 3136 - Draft report EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation
• Document 20 Oct 2026 77 authors PROPOSITION DE RÉSOLUTION COMMUNE sur l’escalade des frappes russes dans l’Union européenne, en particulier sur le transport maritime en mer Noire, qui menace la vie humaine, la stabilité régionale et la sécurité alimentaire
• Document 19 Oct 2026 41 authors PROPOSITION DE RÉSOLUTION sur l’escalade des frappes russes dans l’UE, en particulier sur le transport maritime en mer Noire, qui menace la vie humaine, la stabilité régionale et la sécurité alimentaire
• Amendment 15 Oct 2026 37 authors Amendment 125 - Report A10-0272/2026 - General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections
• Amendment 15 Oct 2026 37 authors Amendment 124 - Report A10-0272/2026 - General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections
• Amendment 14 Oct 2026 Amendment 536 - Draft report Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2026
• Amendment 14 Oct 2026 Amendment 648 - Draft report Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2026

• Video European Parliament 15 Sept 2026 Plenary session

  • Democracy Shield catch‑the‑eye: free speech, anonymity and Russia 2:38:13 · 1:37 « Благодаря, госпожо председател, господин комисар, господин министър, уважаеми колеги. Два са основните проблема в цифровите платформи. Това е бизнес алгоритмите на големите компании, насърчаващи негативните емоции и конспирациите, и другото е анонимността. Руската пропаганда използва и двата проблема изключително умело,… »