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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
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 186 for, 367 against, 14 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 121 for, 377 against, 50 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0558/2025)Adopted 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital S 348 for, 227 against, 61 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital R 408 for, 159 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital Q 349 for, 225 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 7, adding text after recital P 320 for, 269 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital N 385 for, 144 against, 104 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 6 to recital N 179 for, 411 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital M 381 for, 175 against, 86 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital K 354 for, 237 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Recital J — part 2 400 for, 181 against, 60 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Recital J — part 1 435 for, 105 against, 102 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Recital E — part 2 438 for, 170 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 3 to recital E 204 for, 413 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 1, adding text after recital B 289 for, 306 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on paragraph 9 393 for, 194 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on paragraph 8 434 for, 138 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on paragraph 7 315 for, 297 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 10 to paragraph 5 233 for, 390 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Paragraph 2 — part 2 364 for, 207 against, 64 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Paragraph 2 — part 1 350 for, 217 against, 74 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 9 to paragraph 2 209 for, 415 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0557/2025) 241 for, 356 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Final vote — text as a whole 451 for, 45 against, 153 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Final voteAdopted 480 for, 83 against, 94 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Final vote 472 for, 74 against, 108 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Annex, paragraph 1 — part 2 278 for, 374 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 27 — part 3 279 for, 368 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 27 — part 2 525 for, 55 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Abstained
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 25 — part 2 486 for, 159 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 16 — part 2 471 for, 137 against, 49 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 7 — part 2 469 for, 136 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Paragraph 23 — part 2 335 for, 243 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Tie
17 Dec 2025Military Mobility Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 493 for, 127 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection failed 230 for, 402 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 627 for, 13 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) Final votePassed 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 405 for, 242 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Proposal to reject the text 138 for, 512 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 500 for, 120 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies Proposal to reject the text 102 for, 517 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level Decision to open negotiations with the CouncilNegotiating mandate approved 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept Decision to open negotiations with the CouncilNegotiating mandate approved 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 455 for, 169 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Genetically modified maize NK603 Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 479 for, 173 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 417 for, 131 against, 108 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 36 202 for, 412 against, 37 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 %

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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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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
1 October 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=45&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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=45&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?page=45&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-01},
  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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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}
}