Mariya Ivanova Gabriel

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 23.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Corruption and scandals

• Renting a flat from Zavodproekt as an MEP. A Bivol investigation alleges that from October 2010 she rented a Sofia flat from the municipal company Zavodproekt for 400 leva a month, while market rents in Lozenets were 1,400 to 1,600 leva; Bivol asked for the contract but did not receive it. Mediapool writes: "Maria Gabriel's 2012 declaration is empty." (our translation) Gabriel says she needed a room to store some of her things. — Bivol.bg, 19.05.2017, Mediapool.bg, 20.05.2017
• The conflict-of-interest inquiry is closed. Mediapool reports that the commission closed without consequence the proceedings opened on a complaint by the association Боец, and writes: "At that time members of the European Parliament were not persons holding public office" (our translation) under the old conflict-of-interest law. The decision is to be sent to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office to consider challenging it in court. — Mediapool.bg, 02.07.2019
• A check by the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office. RFE/RL Bulgaria reports that the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office is checking signals against Boyko Borisov and Maria Gabriel, among them one about the use of a municipal flat in Sofia. — RFE/RL Bulgaria, 22.05.2023