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Pál SZEKERES

Patriots · Hungary · left on 13 September 2026

Group
Patriots PfE
Country
Hungary
Roll-call participation
73.4 %ⓘ of 582 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
82.7 %ⓘ of 427 votes where the group had a line · Patriots median 80.0 %
More facts (4)
National party
Fidesz-KDNP Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség-Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt
In office
16 Jul 2024 – 13 Sept 2026 (left on 13 September 2026)
Against clear line
31 of 346 votesⓘ
Member id
256855
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

73.4 %

427 of 582 final votes while in office

Patriots median: 90.8 % (−17.4 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

82.7 %

353 of 427 votes where their group had a line

Patriots median: 80.0 % (+2.7 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

9.0 %

31 of 346 votes where their group had a clear line

9 opposite (for ↔ against), 17 abstained against the line, 5 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

16.6 %

71 of 427 votes cast

Participation 73.4 % — Patriots median 90.8 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Pál SZEKERES73.4 %
Patriots median90.8 %
Lowest in the group44.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members89
With majority line 82.7 % — Patriots median 80.0 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Pál SZEKERES82.7 %
Patriots median80.0 %
Lowest in the group59.5 %
Highest in the group94.8 %
Members89
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of Patriots; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 582

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
8 Jul 2025Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024 Adopted 417 for, 188 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2025Security of energy supply in the EU Adopted 459 for, 170 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
19 Jun 2025Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Passed 457 for, 17 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Jun 2025Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Adopted 486 for, 8 against, 29 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
19 Jun 2025Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli Adopted 324 for, 25 against, 87 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
19 Jun 2025Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Adopted 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
19 Jun 2025Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Adopted 418 for, 112 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
19 Jun 2025Clean Industrial Deal Adopted 381 for, 173 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Jun 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Passed 386 for, 132 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Jun 2025EU/Euratom Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty: adoption by Euratom Passed 557 for, 47 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
18 Jun 2025Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty Passed 554 for, 53 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
18 Jun 2025Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility Adopted 421 for, 180 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Jun 2025The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Adopted 405 for, 210 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Jun 20252023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Adopted 470 for, 102 against, 77 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
18 Jun 20252023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Adopted 456 for, 118 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2025Amending Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 as regards additional assistance and further flexibility to outermost regions affected by severe natural disasters and in the context of cyclone Chido devastating Mayotte Passed 653 for, 7 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2025Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) Passed 599 for, 2 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2025Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022 Consent given 488 for, 137 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2025Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union Consent given 583 for, 78 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2025Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union. Adopted 557 for, 75 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2025Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure) Adopted 653 for, 0 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2025Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy Adopted 622 for, 24 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2025Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville Rejected 282 for, 340 against, 26 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 May 2025Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism Passed 564 for, 20 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 May 2025Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Passed 411 for, 100 against, 78 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 May 2025Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed production Passed 374 for, 176 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 May 2025Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratio Passed 436 for, 149 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 May 2025Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon Europe Passed 489 for, 55 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 May 2025Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023 Adopted 260 for, 194 against, 110 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 May 2025CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 Passed 458 for, 101 against, 14 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
8 May 2025The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus) Passed 371 for, 162 against, 37 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
8 May 2025The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season Passed 425 for, 106 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
8 May 2025Screening of foreign investments in the Union Passed 378 for, 173 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
8 May 2025Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European Union Passed 354 for, 147 against, 53 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
8 May 2025Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 87708 × MON 89788 Objection passed 373 for, 150 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
8 May 2025Violations of religious freedom in Tibet Adopted 478 for, 30 against, 41 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
8 May 2025Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia Adopted 516 for, 3 against, 34 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
8 May 2025Ninth report on economic and social cohesion Adopted 392 for, 125 against, 55 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
8 May 2025Competition policy – annual report 2024 Adopted 358 for, 124 against, 79 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
8 May 2025Banking Union – annual report 2024 Adopted 345 for, 135 against, 62 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
8 May 2025Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market Adopted 306 for, 80 against, 57 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 May 2025Amending of the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review Urgent procedure agreed 316 for, 291 against, 27 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
7 May 2025Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges Urgent procedure agreed 370 for, 268 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds Discharge decision adopted 412 for, 245 against, 5 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Parliament Discharge decision adopted 513 for, 119 against, 20 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Discharge decision adopted 588 for, 62 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Discharge decision adopted 541 for, 97 against, 26 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Discharge decision adopted 630 for, 16 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee Discharge decision adopted 538 for, 96 against, 27 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions Discharge decision adopted 549 for, 97 against, 18 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 14 of 77 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within Patriots

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
András GYÜRK PatriotsHungary99 % of 2 884 shared74 %
Tamás DEUTSCH PatriotsHungary99 % of 2 322 shared74 %
Viktória FERENC PatriotsHungary99 % of 3 772 shared74 %
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS PatriotsHungary99 % of 2 911 shared74 %
Csaba DÖMÖTÖR PatriotsHungary99 % of 4 044 shared74 %
András LÁSZLÓ PatriotsHungary99 % of 3 743 shared74 %
Annamária VICSEK PatriotsHungary99 % of 3 907 shared74 %
Kinga GÁL PatriotsHungary99 % of 3 517 shared74 %
Enikő GYŐRI PatriotsHungary99 % of 3 552 shared74 %
György HÖLVÉNYI PatriotsHungary98 % of 2 557 shared74 %

Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Guillaume PELTIER ECRFrance74 % of 3 599 shared68 %
Laurence TROCHU ECRFrance73 % of 3 973 shared68 %
Marion MARÉCHAL ECRFrance73 % of 3 492 shared68 %
Nicolas BAY ECRFrance71 % of 3 617 shared68 %
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA ECRCroatia71 % of 3 612 shared68 %
Mariusz KAMIŃSKI ECRPoland71 % of 4 118 shared68 %
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA ECRPoland71 % of 3 710 shared68 %
Maciej WĄSIK ECRPoland70 % of 4 003 shared68 %
Marco SQUARTA ECRItaly70 % of 3 151 shared68 %
Anna ZALEWSKA ECRPoland70 % of 4 094 shared68 %

Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

44 contributions recorded, 17 written statements; 9 on behalf of their group; 38 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 49

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
2 Sept 2026Adhering to the timeline for the European Disability Card E-10-2026-003450Written questionwith 10 co-authorsNot yet answered
28 Jul 2026Compatibility of the suspension of Hungarian public service media news services with EU law E-10-2026-003148Written questionwith 9 co-authors21 Sept 2026
21 Jul 2026Freedom of expression and the arrest of Hungarian influencer István Szakács E-10-2026-003068Written questionwith 4 co-authors24 Sept 2026
16 Jul 2026Constitutional coup by Péter Magyar’s government E-10-2026-003035Written questionwith 42 co-authors11 Sept 2026
29 Jun 2026Ukraine’s updated Action Plan and the protection of national minorities P-10-2026-002670Priority written questionwith 10 co-authors30 Jul 2026
26 Jun 2026Abolition of the Hungarian Constitutional Court’s power to issue preliminary opinions on EU-related matters E-10-2026-002667Written questionwith 10 co-authors18 Sept 2026
8 Jun 2026Jean Monnet Actions European funding of universities and promotion of the federalist project E-10-2026-002346Written questionwith 8 co-authors24 Jul 2026
16 Apr 2026Antifa=Terrorists: zero tolerance for political violence in Europe E-10-2026-001569Written questionwith 28 co-authors15 Jun 2026
15 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-funded media attacking Christian symbols while applying double standards B-10-2026-0184Motion for a resolutionwith 27 co-authors—
25 Mar 2026Restoring genuine academic freedom in our universities E-10-2026-001262Written questionwith 27 co-authors22 May 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 67

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
2 Sept 2026Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States EMPL-AM-792013 EMPL8
14 Jul 2026Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2025 PETI-AM-790995 PETI34
13 Jul 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections EMPL-AM-789962 EMPL6
7 Jul 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections IMCO-AM-790864 IMCO4
26 Jun 2026Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council CJ76-AM-789933 CJ761
26 Jun 2026Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council CJ76-AM-789089 CJ761
22 Jun 2026The 28th regime corporate legal framework – 'EU Inc.' EMPL-AM-790022 EMPL11
22 Jun 2026Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition EMPL-AM-790034 EMPL11
12 May 2026Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034 EMPL-AM-788860 EMPL6
21 Apr 2026Establishment of European Business Wallets IMCO-AM-787760 IMCO10

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Hungary National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Pál SZEKERES”. Member record. memberId 256855. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?nb=all&page=9&scope=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256855. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256855?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-256855,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Pál SZEKERES}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?nb=all&page=9&scope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?nb=all&page=9&scope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256855. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256855. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}