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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 %
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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
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 2 224 for, 329 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 1 291 for, 201 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 17 159 for, 391 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Separate vote on paragraph 17 290 for, 258 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 26 to paragraph 17 225 for, 325 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 18 to paragraph 17 182 for, 362 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 38 to paragraph 17 155 for, 402 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 17 to paragraph 16 98 for, 453 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 37 to paragraph 16 185 for, 364 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 24 to paragraph 14 161 for, 392 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 31 to paragraph 13 148 for, 382 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 4 203 for, 352 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 3 174 for, 389 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 2 172 for, 385 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 1 313 for, 245 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 12 252 for, 300 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Final votePassed 473 for, 81 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 537 for, 2 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 5 to Annex, point b 81 for, 466 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 4 to Annex, point a 81 for, 468 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 3 to Article 1, after paragraph 1 90 for, 462 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Proposal to reject the text 81 for, 473 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 438 for, 37 against, 81 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 277 for, 244 against, 31 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 273 for, 199 against, 81 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 479 for, 17 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 524 for, 2 against, 29 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital A 58 for, 410 against, 63 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 114 for, 363 against, 46 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Flagship European defence projects of common interest Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 2 to paragraph 18 178 for, 412 against, 30 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 182 for, 423 against, 21 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, after point v 68 for, 502 against, 48 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, after point f 110 for, 494 against, 28 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 385 for, 147 against, 98 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Separate vote on paragraph 33 268 for, 328 against, 33 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Separate vote on paragraph 32 301 for, 300 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Amendment 1 66 for, 523 against, 32 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 404 for, 208 against, 20 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 19 to recital B 176 for, 446 against, 6 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 24 to paragraph 22 187 for, 430 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 19 192 for, 429 against, 7 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 22 to paragraph 19 190 for, 438 against, 5 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Paragraph 17 — part 3 282 for, 335 against, 17 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Paragraph 17 — part 2 287 for, 278 against, 49 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Paragraph 17 — part 1 434 for, 173 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 21 to paragraph 9 196 for, 410 against, 6 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 8 267 for, 278 against, 88 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded 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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
29 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=29&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 29 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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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=29&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?page=29&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-29},
  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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}