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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
8 Jul 2026EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report) Amendment 18 to paragraph 5 122 for, 534 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 2026EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement Final voteConsent given 479 for, 119 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
8 Jul 2026Lead in certain fishing tackle Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection failed 197 for, 455 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 388 for, 248 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 3, adding text after recital M 204 for, 455 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 2, adding text after recital G 190 for, 464 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 1 to recital B 201 for, 464 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 7 to paragraph 3, introductory part 188 for, 465 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1 189 for, 465 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 188 for, 462 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 2026Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 188 for, 456 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 390 for, 86 against, 134 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
7 Jul 2026Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 374 for, 185 against, 74 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 447 for, 128 against, 78 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Paragraph 43 — part 2 464 for, 177 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Separate vote on paragraph 35 473 for, 174 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 33 189 for, 456 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Paragraph 27 — part 2 497 for, 138 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Paragraph 16 — part 2 465 for, 143 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Separate vote on paragraph 14 455 for, 151 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Amendment 4 to paragraph 10 191 for, 455 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Separate vote on paragraph 9 461 for, 121 against, 74 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 6 164 for, 461 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Amendment 2 to paragraph 6 184 for, 464 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Separate vote on paragraph 3 448 for, 188 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning Amendment 1 to paragraph 3 192 for, 454 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 418 for, 152 against, 85 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector Amendment 6 to paragraph 35 279 for, 333 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector Amendment 5 to paragraph 34 210 for, 393 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector Amendment 4 to paragraph 33 214 for, 389 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 283 for, 341 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 501 for, 61 against, 95 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 54 600 for, 27 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 50 169 for, 456 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 50 108 for, 468 against, 77 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 46 139 for, 369 against, 144 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 45 136 for, 463 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 41 110 for, 435 against, 109 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 13 118 for, 510 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 9 118 for, 492 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 48 for, 541 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Competition policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 76 for, 402 against, 175 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 542 for, 37 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 5, adding text after recital Y 121 for, 486 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 4, adding text after recital Y 135 for, 499 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 3, adding text after recital Y 136 for, 485 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, after point h 69 for, 534 against, 32 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 7 to paragraph 1, after point d 141 for, 496 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 6 to paragraph 1, after point d 210 for, 415 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, before point a 67 for, 546 against, 22 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 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
26 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=5&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 26 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=5&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256855?page=5&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  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}
}