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Ms Denitsa SACHEVA (Bulgaria, EPP/CD)

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Representative
Member of Parliament
GERB-UDF

National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
BG - 1169 - Sofia
Bulgaria

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 12/02/2025
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 23/01/2023 to 11/02/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2023 Representative - Bulgaria

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 22/06/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 22/06/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 23/05/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 27/01/2025)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 03/03/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/01/2023 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/01/2023 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 18/04/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Children (from 18/04/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Children (from 17/03/2023 to 24/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 17/03/2023 to 24/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 26/01/2023 to 08/10/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

24/06/2026 | 11:45:01 Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, I would like to sincerely thank the rapporteur, Ms Deborah BERGAMINI, for choosing this timely and strategically important topic and for preparing a report that goes beyond technology and addresses one of the defining political challenges of our time. This report is about artificial intelligence (AI), but in reality, it is about democracy, power and trust. Artificial intelligence is becoming a new source of economic, political and geopolitical power. For... 23/06/2026 | 17:11:43 I would like to start by commending the report of Ms Victoria TIBLOM and Mr Yunus EMRE. It is concentrated mainly on the current political and social tensions in Serbia. I fully support the calls on the Serbian authorities to avoid the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force against protesters and members of the student movement. At the same time, we expect that the authorities have to investigate promptly, independently and effectively cases of violence against protesters and cases of... 22/06/2026 | 17:37:07 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   Madam Chair, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur and the election observation mission for their work and for their balanced assessment of the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria. The report rightly highlights the growing role of social media, the spread of disinformation and the increasing polarization of political debate. In my view, however, one trend deserves particular attention. Politics is increasingly moving from the... 02/10/2025 | 20:08:33 I shall now put the amendment to the vote. The vote is now open. The vote is now closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The amendment is rejected. This was the last amendment of the draft resolution. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 16243, as amended. A simple majority is required. The vote is now open. I close the vote now, and I call for the result to be displayed. The draft resolution in Document 16243, as amended, is adopted. We are a... 02/10/2025 | 20:02:01 Thank you. The Committee rejected this amendment with a two-thirds majority. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. The vote is now open. The vote is now closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The amendment is rejected. This was the last amendment. So we now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 16244 as amended. A simple majority is required. The vote is now open. Now it's open. The vote is now closed. I call for the result to be displayed. It's adopted...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

24/06/2026 | Doc. 16447 | Motion for a resolution Hate crimes, intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16449 | Motion for a resolution A constitutional right to reliable information: safeguarding democracy in the age of artificial intelligence and platform power 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16452 | Motion for a resolution Integrity of electoral registers in Council of Europe member States with high emigration rates: the need for digital modernisation 23/06/2026 | Doc. 16443 | Motion for a resolution Europe's demographic winter: political implications for democracy 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16388 | Motion for a resolution Hate crimes against Christians in Europe

Votes on adopted texts

24/06/2026 | Doc. 16418, vote on the draft text for resolution Eliminating gender stereotypes in the media 23/06/2026 | Doc. 16424, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Serbia 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16271, vote on the draft text for resolution Uphold democracy and the rule of law in Georgia 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16272, vote on the draft text for resolution Russia: new threats to European democracies 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16273, vote on the draft text for resolution Urgent call to put an end to the devastating humanitarian catastrophe and the killing of journalists in Gaza