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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

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... 02/10/2025 | 17:17:07 Thank you, Chair. Honourable colleagues, First, let me congratulate Ms Ingjerd Schie SCHOU for her foresighted report and pay the tribute to her 16 years of devoted service to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, during which she was a remarkable teacher to many of us. The representative democracy is facing a profound crisis. Across Europe, election outcomes reveal growing mistrust of institutions and mainstream parties. Political parties have started to lose their role as... 01/10/2025 | 18:18:39 Thank you, President. Distinguished members of the Parliamentary Assembly, Bulgaria joined the Council of Europe in 1992, affirming its unwavering commitment to democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of multilateralism and co-operation. For the past 26 years, Bulgarian authorities have engaged actively and constructively in the post-monitoring dialogue with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a process which I believe has fully achieved its purpose... 01/10/2025 | 17:31:02 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, I would also like to congratulate Lord Richard KEEN on the report. Today, we are taking another decisive step towards justice. The establishment of an International Claims Commission for Ukraine builds on the Reykjavík Declaration and on the work already carried out throughout the Register of Damage, which has collected more than 60 000 claims so far. Bulgaria joined the Register early and has been an active participant in the negotiations leading to this...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

22/04/2026 | Doc. 16388 | Motion for a resolution Hate crimes against Christians in Europe 13/03/2026 | Doc. 16357 | Motion for a resolution Peace and security in the emerging global order 17/02/2026 | Doc. 16343 | Written question Measures to restrain the violence against the members of the Bulgarian ethnic community in the Republic of North Macedonia 07/10/2025 | Doc. 16219 | Written declaration The imperative to hold the Russian Federation accountable through the confiscation of frozen State assets 27/09/2025 | Doc. 16264 | Motion for a resolution Media freedom in decline in Albania

Votes on adopted texts

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 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16238, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe convention on the Co-Production of Audiovisual Works in the Form of Series 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16248, vote on the draft text for resolution Political parties and democracy