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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, 5 568

Export

Every 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.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 16 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point b 154 for, 421 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 27 to Article 3, paragraph 1, after point a 175 for, 408 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 5 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a, after point 1 322 for, 255 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendments 26 + 31 + 6 + 21 (voted as one) to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a — part 3 362 for, 235 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendments 26 + 31 + 4 (voted as one) to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a — part 2 346 for, 254 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 15 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a 161 for, 430 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 14 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a 160 for, 433 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendments 26 + 31 + 4 (voted as one) to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a — part 1 345 for, 237 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 13 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a 119 for, 434 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 12 to Article 2, after point 4 158 for, 433 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 11 to Article 2, after point 4 120 for, 433 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 10 to Article 2, after point 4 161 for, 433 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 30 to Article 1, after paragraph 2 369 for, 236 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 9 to Article 1, paragraph 2 114 for, 422 against, 60 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Amendment 8 to Article 1, paragraph 1 117 for, 422 against, 66 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive Proposal to reject the text 314 for, 276 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
9 Jul 2026Establishment of the digital euro Decision to open negotiations with the CouncilNegotiating mandate approved 416 for, 169 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026Genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP 202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 417 for, 167 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 575 for, 33 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 460 for, 189 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 466 for, 175 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Separate vote on recital J 337 for, 273 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 6 to recital J 292 for, 348 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 5, adding text after recital I 274 for, 323 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 4, adding text after recital I 383 for, 239 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 2, adding text after recital C 374 for, 233 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Separate vote on recital B 625 for, 7 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 22 196 for, 423 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 19 358 for, 166 against, 122 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 14 348 for, 282 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 9 489 for, 142 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — part 3 488 for, 68 against, 68 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — part 2 484 for, 78 against, 61 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — part 1 453 for, 141 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 5 234 for, 367 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Separate vote on paragraph 5 615 for, 33 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 2 243 for, 384 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Paragraph 2 — part 2 567 for, 41 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Paragraph 2 — part 1 628 for, 18 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 1 194 for, 445 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Serbia Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 468 for, 116 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Serbia Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 113 for, 514 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 505 for, 115 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 7, adding text after recital B 79 for, 576 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 52 102 for, 537 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 51 99 for, 545 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 48 108 for, 535 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 460 for, 136 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after recital V 211 for, 425 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 52, adding text after recital Q 160 for, 462 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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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 %

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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 %

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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?page=2&scope=final&vscope=all (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?page=2&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?page=2&scope=final&vscope=all},
  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}
}