The Kovatchev report includes the goal of a permanent EU seat on a reformed and enlarged UN Security Council.

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• Two independent sources or one primary source explicitly confirming that the Kovatchev report includes the goal of a permanent EU seat on a reformed and enlarged UN Security Council could not be found.
• The full text of the Kovatchev report was not accessible via web search; only secondary summaries and previews were retrieved.
• The epthinktank preview of the May 2026 plenary session confirms the draft recommendation supports reform of the UN system including the Security Council, but does not specify whether it calls for a permanent EU seat.

Sources

• SecondaryEP Think Tank (European Parliament)The draft recommendation reaffirms the need to safeguard and strengthen multilateralism, supports reform of the UN system (including the UN Security Council)
• SecondaryAgence EuropeIn the report by Andrey Kovatchev (EPP, Bulgarian), which they adopted by 369 votes in favour, 160 against and 112 abstentions, Members of the European Parliament call for an ambitious reform of the United Nations system, particularly the Security Council