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PfE Patriots for Europe

Current members
85 (since July 2024: 84 → 85)
Cohesion
81.2%, on average, this share votes alike; by half-year 83.0 → 80.4%
On the majority side
48.2%, how often the group majority voted like the plenary. Always voting for would give 95.6%.
Co-chair
Jordan Bardella since 20 Oct 2026
Co-chair
Kinga Gál since 20 Oct 2026

Group bureau

Vice-chairs
António Tânger Corrêa, Harald Vilimsky, Hermann Tertsch, Klara Dostalova, Mieke Andriese, Susanna Ceccardi
Treasurer
Gerolf Annemans
Other members of the bureau
Afroditi Latinopoulou, Jean-Paul Garraud, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Ondřej Knotek, Paolo Borchia, Tamás Deutsch, Tom Vandendriessche, Vilis Krištopans, Marieke Ehlers

Internal vote distribution

All votes cast by the bloc's members across all final votes.

  • For 21,404 · 45.5%
  • Against 17,712 · 37.7%
  • Abstention 7,918 · 16.8%
  • 47,034 votes cast

Delegations against the group majority

Share of final votes in which the majority of the group’s MEPs from that country voted differently from the group majority (delegation from 3, group from 10 voting members, both with a clear majority, group at the time of the vote).

Member stateShareagainstfinal votes
Austria28.8%187649
Belgium21.4%117546
Czechia39.3%254646
France5.8%38651
Hungary18.7%108578
Italy21.5%139648
Netherlands27.0%175648
Poland23.6%35148
Spain26.2%169646

This figure implies no judgement: it may reflect a matter of conscience, the line of a national party or an arrangement within the group.

Most divided votes

The group was split in 82 of 652 final votes (12.6%) and in 936 of 6,412 roll-call votes overall (14.6%). The list shows the final votes with the narrowest group majority.

  1. Flagship European defence projects of common interest: 11 Mar 2026 · largest position: Abstention, 35.5% · For 19 · Against 21 · Abstention 22. Deviating: RN (FR) 17 for · FPÖ (AT) 6 against · Fidesz-KDNP (HU) 5 against · and 2 more
  2. Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034: 16 Sep 2026 · tie between For and Abstention, 38.7% each · For 29 · Against 17 · Abstention 29
  3. European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs: 17 Dec 2025 · largest position: For, 39.0% · For 30 · Against 25 · Abstention 22. Deviating: Fidesz-KDNP (HU) 9 against · L (IT) 8 against · ANO 2011 (CZ) 7 abstentions · and 3 more
  4. Proposal 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: 11 Mar 2026 · largest position: Against, 41.0% · For 22 · Against 25 · Abstention 14. Deviating: RN (FR) 16 for · L (IT) 7 abstentions · Fidesz-KDNP (HU) 4 of 5 for · and 1 more
  5. EU/Euratom Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty: adoption by Euratom: 18 Jun 2025 · largest position: Abstention, 41.0% · For 19 · Against 27 · Abstention 32. Deviating: RN (FR) 27 against · L (IT) 7 for · ANO 2011 (CZ) 5 for
  6. The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan: 9 Jul 2026 · largest position: Abstention, 41.9% · For 12 · Against 24 · Abstention 26. Deviating: RN (FR) 23 against · ANO 2011 (CZ) 6 for · VOX (ES) 4 for
  7. Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026: 8 Jul 2025 · largest position: Abstention, 42.5% · For 26 · Against 20 · Abstention 34. Deviating: Fidesz-KDNP (HU) 10 for · L (IT) 7 against · FPÖ (AT) 6 against · and 3 more
  8. Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty: 18 Jun 2025 · largest position: Against, 42.9% · For 17 · Against 33 · Abstention 27. Deviating: Fidesz-KDNP (HU) 9 abstentions · L (IT) 7 for · VOX (ES) 6 abstentions · and 3 more
  9. Gender 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: 11 Mar 2026 · largest position: Against, 42.9% · For 25 · Against 27 · Abstention 11. Deviating: RN (FR) 17 for · ANO 2011 (CZ) 6 for · Fidesz-KDNP (HU) 5 abstentions
  10. Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement: 2 Apr 2025 · largest position: For, 43.0% · For 34 · Against 30 · Abstention 15. Deviating: RN (FR) 25 against · L (IT) 8 abstentions · VOX (ES) 5 abstentions

Split means: the largest position has less than 60% of the group’s votes cast; counted from 10 voting members, with the group at the time of the vote. Deviating: delegations (party within the group, from 3 voting members) whose majority voted differently from the group majority.

All at a glance, with current MEPs

All political groups with cohesion and share on the majority side.

Political groupCurrent membersCohesionOn the majority side
The Left4585.0%56.6%
Greens/EFA5395.2%84.0%
S&D13596.2%93.6%
Renew7892.9%94.6%
EPP18594.4%93.6%
ECR8483.3%74.5%
PfE8581.2%48.2%
ESN2789.5%30.1%
Non-attached2865.9%48.9%

Source: European Parliament open data (CC BY 4.0), prepared by OpenRCV.

All at a glance, with current MEPs