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Pál SZEKERES

Patriots · Hungary · left on 13 September 2026

Group
Patriots PfE
Country
Hungary
Roll-call participation
74.9 %ⓘ of 5 568 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
78.9 %ⓘ of 4 158 votes where the group had a line · Patriots median 82.7 %
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
441 of 3 301 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 ⓘ

74.9 %

4 171 of 5 568 roll calls while in office

Patriots median: 91.1 % (−16.2 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

78.9 %

3 280 of 4 158 votes where their group had a line

Patriots median: 82.7 % (−3.8 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

13.4 %

441 of 3 301 votes where their group had a clear line

136 opposite (for ↔ against), 278 abstained against the line, 27 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

14.8 %

616 of 4 171 votes cast

Participation 74.9 % — Patriots median 91.1 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Pál SZEKERES74.9 %
Patriots median91.1 %
Lowest in the group44.5 %
Highest in the group99.9 %
Members89
With majority line 78.9 % — Patriots median 82.7 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Pál SZEKERES78.9 %
Patriots median82.7 %
Lowest in the group72.5 %
Highest in the group92.9 %
Members89
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. 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
12 Mar 2026The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger Adopted 524 for, 2 against, 29 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Adopted 438 for, 37 against, 81 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Rejected 233 for, 250 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Passed 458 for, 103 against, 63 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Consent given 455 for, 101 against, 74 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism Consent given 586 for, 21 against, 11 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium Passed 562 for, 53 against, 19 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission Adopted 446 for, 100 against, 72 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Adopted 458 for, 72 against, 98 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Adopted 392 for, 219 against, 18 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Adopted 404 for, 208 against, 20 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Adopted 385 for, 147 against, 98 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 Adopted 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Adopted 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Flagship European defence projects of common interest Adopted 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
10 Mar 2026Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law Passed 498 for, 90 against, 28 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
10 Mar 2026Establishing an EU talent pool Passed 414 for, 182 against, 21 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
10 Mar 2026Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee Passed 441 for, 105 against, 81 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
10 Mar 2026European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024 Adopted 493 for, 92 against, 44 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
10 Mar 2026Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing Adopted 367 for, 166 against, 84 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
10 Mar 2026Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024 Adopted 602 for, 9 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
10 Mar 2026Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges Adopted 460 for, 71 against, 88 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Abstained
10 Mar 2026Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies Adopted 528 for, 21 against, 62 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
10 Mar 2026The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act Adopted 399 for, 78 against, 69 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
24 Feb 2026Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine Adopted 437 for, 82 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
12 Feb 2026Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain Passed 555 for, 0 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine Adopted 514 for, 3 against, 56 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran Adopted 524 for, 3 against, 41 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts Adopted 502 for, 2 against, 59 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy Adopted 385 for, 141 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2026Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights Adopted 332 for, 209 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Feb 2026Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Adopted 340 for, 141 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2026Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire Adopted 363 for, 71 against, 81 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027 Passed 458 for, 140 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility Passed 473 for, 140 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 Consent given 490 for, 130 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – Belgium Passed 593 for, 55 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026Genetically modified soybean DBN-09004-6 Objection passed 461 for, 169 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026Genetically modified maize T25 (ACS-ZMØØ3-2) Objection passed 462 for, 169 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026Genetically modified cotton T304-40 Objection passed 428 for, 156 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026Genetically modified cotton GHB614 × LLCotton25 Objection passed 463 for, 164 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino Interim report adopted 552 for, 24 against, 75 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026EU strategic defence and security partnerships Adopted 440 for, 119 against, 85 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
10 Feb 2026Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level Passed 408 for, 184 against, 60 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept Passed 396 for, 226 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026Amending regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products Passed 625 for, 15 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026Amending the Measuring Instruments Directive Passed 594 for, 25 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products Passed 483 for, 102 against, 67 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
10 Feb 2026Framework for achieving climate neutrality Passed 413 for, 226 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
10 Feb 2026European Union designs (codification) Passed 613 for, 5 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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 18 of 103 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
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242310
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202422
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 20249243
7 Oct 202422
8 Oct 202410
9 Oct 20241817
10 Oct 202440
21 Oct 202422
22 Oct 2024109
23 Oct 2024129125
24 Oct 2024138
13 Nov 202422
14 Nov 20243636
25 Nov 202422
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 2024570
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 2024330
19 Dec 20244540
20 Jan 202522
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 2025450
10 Feb 202511
11 Feb 20253230
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 2025300
10 Mar 202520
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228222
13 Mar 20252414
31 Mar 202533
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251247
3 Apr 20256253
5 May 202555
6 May 20251010
7 May 20252200
8 May 20251030
21 May 202522
22 May 20255352
16 Jun 202520
17 Jun 20254141
18 Jun 20259191
19 Jun 20258774
7 Jul 202511
8 Jul 20255555
9 Jul 2025134126
10 Jul 20253614
8 Sept 202510
9 Sept 2025101101
10 Sept 20253431
11 Sept 20256953
6 Oct 202522
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255554
9 Oct 20256561
20 Oct 202533
21 Oct 20251313
22 Oct 2025186177
23 Oct 2025550
13 Nov 2025267266
24 Nov 202533
25 Nov 20257575
26 Nov 202510099
27 Nov 2025125119
15 Dec 202540
16 Dec 2025660
17 Dec 20254343
18 Dec 20254224
20 Jan 20266767
21 Jan 202611294
22 Jan 20265852
9 Feb 202621
10 Feb 20263838
11 Feb 20261313
12 Feb 2026141120
24 Feb 20264330
9 Mar 202610
10 Mar 20261970
11 Mar 2026600
12 Mar 20263427
25 Mar 202633
26 Mar 20266964
27 Apr 202622
28 Apr 2026225224
29 Apr 2026296290
30 Apr 20266855
18 May 202643
19 May 202633
20 May 2026960
21 May 20269848
15 Jun 202622
16 Jun 20264040
17 Jun 2026127111
18 Jun 20267761
6 Jul 202622
7 Jul 20267270
8 Jul 2026144144
9 Jul 20266735

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.

Show all 40 recent contributions

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=4&rows=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=4&rows=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?page=4&rows=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}
}