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Compared to February, Fidesz has maintained its 47-percent lead, but left-wing voters are divided over the emergence of Péter Magyar. According to the latest opinion poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, Péter Magyar's new party (13 percent) is in a tight race with the three-party coalition DK-M

Budapest's main source of income, the business tax revenue, has increased by 85 percent (nearly doubled) during Gergely Karácsony's term as mayor. During his time in office, Gergely Karácsony and the pro-Gyurcsány leaders he appointed have managed to raise nearly HUF 1 100 billion in business tax re

According to a recent poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the German occupation, the majority of Hungarians believe that if there had not been German occupation, the Second World War would have been less destructive for Hungary (71 percent) and the Hun

According to a recent opinion poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, the left-wing parties have not gained strength in the past month, despite the impact of the pardon case. The results show that Fidesz-KDNP (47 percent) would win by a landslide if the European Parliament elections were held this

The Centre for Fundamental Rights, the Danube Institute, the Nézőpont Institute and the Századvég Foundation have turned to the European Commission in a letter expressing their concerns that as long as Gábor Magyar, who is known to be linked to the Soros network, is responsible for the Hungarian rep

The Nézőpont Institute has presented its research on the image of Hungary in the international press, covering 18 countries and 15 language areas, examining 100 politically relevant online and print media products for the year 2023. The domestic political success and political initiatives of Viktor

The vast majority of Hungarians agree with the position expressed in the national consultation: two-thirds (69 percent) are against providing financial support to Ukraine until Hungary receives the EU funds it is entitled to, and three-quarters (74 percent) are against the idea of financing Ukraine'

Five months before the EP elections, the Center for Fundamental Rights, the Nézőpont Institute, the Real-PR 93, the Századvég Foundation and the Hungarian Social Research Ltd. have organised a joint research roundtable discussion, where the results of their latest surveys were presented. Sámuel Á

In its recent study "Towards a Snow White Economy", the Nézőpont Institute has aimed to examine the economic whitening performance of the Central European region, taking into account the regional differences and changes over time. The study conducts a second analysis of Eurobarometer’s and its own o

Dr. Gabriella Vukovich, former President of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), will continue her professional work as Director of Economic Research at the Nézőpont Institute. At the same time, the Institute will expand its public opinion research and political analysis activities with e

The Nézőpont Institute has conducted its seventh Hungarian-German barometer. The survey has examined the image that Germans have of Hungary and Hungarians have of Germany. The economic, cultural, social and political relations between the two countries are traditionally close. Although the ideologic

According to the latest opinion poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute. Fidesz is leading the party race (51 percent) ahead of the autumn parliamentary session. The survey reveals that there is a tight competition between the Democratic Coalition (10 percent) and the Our Homeland Movement (9 perce

According to a recent poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute in Hungary and its neighbouring countries, people in Slovakia (73 percent) and Romania (83 percent) are the most dissatisfied with the work of their own government, while in Serbia and Hungary, citizens rate the performance of the countr

According to a recent poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, up to 4.5 million Hungarians may have seen the fireworks in Budapest on 20 August. More than 3.5 million adult Hungarians (45 percent) saw it in some form, and at least 1 million children may have enjoyed the show. Several oppositio

For several years in a row conservative Hungarian think tanks have participated in the targeted stakeholder consultation organized by the European Commission for the annual Rule of Law Report’s Country Chapter for Hungary. On these meetings the European Commission is represented by a team of EU offi

Eight out of ten Hungarians (77 percent) are against the idea of supporting Ukraine with an additional EUR 50 billion from EU Member States' extra contributions. 64 percent of Hungarians oppose the European Commission's plan even if it is not financed from EU funds entitled to Hungary. The Europea

Three quarters of Hungarians (75 percent) are in favour of an immediate ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian war. While left-wing parties are against it, even 58 percent of left-wing voters think it is right to call for an immediate ceasefire. Nearly 500 days after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrain

77 percent of Hungarians are against the European Union’s plan to send immigrants to Hungary despite the Hungarian government's objection. There is no social group that supports Brussels' plan, even 58 percent of left-wing voters reject it. The plan to introduce a migrant quota has been on the ag

According to 61 percent of Hungarians, political parties in Hungary should not receive any financial support from abroad for their election campaigns; and 60 percent think that stricter regulations are needed than the current ones. Even 41 percent of left-wing voters are against any foreign campaign

Summary The stakes of the 2024 European parliamentary elections lie in whether there will be a turnaround in the European Union: whether the federalist forces will continue unhindered in organizing the European Union into a supranational state or if representatives of national interests will gain

According to a recent poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, among the world’s best-known leaders, Hungarians consider Pope Francis (92 percent) and Viktor Orbán (72 percent) to be the most peace-oriented. The majority of Hungarians think that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (53 percent),

According to a recent poll of the Nézőpont Institute, more than three-quarters of Hungarians (77 percent) were happy about Pope Francis' visit to Hungary. The apostolic visit was a national unifier, as all social groups, even more than two thirds of left-wing voters (69 percent), were positive about

Some people were surprised when the Hungarian government made a quick decision to support Ukraine's candidate status for EU membership. They felt that Ukraine did not deserve to join because of the series of atrocities committed against Hungarians in Transcarpathia or because of President Zelensky's

Hungarians (80 percent), and even nearly two-thirds of left-wing voters (62 percent), believe that the European Union should contribute to the costs of border protection. Nearly three-quarters of young people (71 percent) and Budapest residents (73 percent) share the government's view on the issue.

According to a survey conducted by the Nézőpont Institute in early February, four-fifths of Hungarians (78 percent), but even two-thirds of left-wing voters (63 percent) think that an immediate ceasefire is necessary, even at the cost of Ukrainian territorial losses. Although most people want peace,

More than half of Hungarians (54 percent) believe that the European Union's leadership is corrupt, but even a third of government-critical voters (31 percent) are of the same opinion as well. While the European Parliament would withhold EU funds on the grounds of corruption, the biggest corruption s

If the EP elections were held this Sunday, the governing party would win 56 percent of the votes, and due to the drop-out of many opposition minor parties, this could even mean up to three quarters of the seats. The domestic balance of political power is essentially unchanged since autumn 2022. N

On 24 February, not only a local armed conflict broke out between Russia and Ukraine, but also a new era began in the European history. The birth of the European Union and – its history so far – was closely related to the values of peace and stability, since the establishment of the economic coopera

According to a recent survey conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, the vast majority of Hungarians (70 percent) believe that, rather than the continuation of the war, peace talks would best serve Ukraine's interest. Regardless of political preferences, the majority in all social groups believes that

Six out of ten respondents (59 percent) would like Brussels to stop withholding European funds from Hungary, according to a recent survey conducted by the Nézőpont Institute. One in three opposition voters and even the majority of youngsters believe that the money blocked two years ago should be pai

On 10 November, Katalin Novák, President of Hungary, completed her first six months in office. The Nézőpont Institute has reviewed the evolution of the President's conception of her role as president and the impact this has had on her popularity. The proportion of those satisfied with the perform

According to a recent survey by the Nézőpont Institute, two thirds of Hungarian voters do not agree with the European Union's EUR 1.5 billion monthly financial aid to Ukraine. Only less than a quarter of active voters consider the monthly support for Ukraine acceptable. Ukraine was struggling with

According to a recent survey by Nézőpont Intézet, after weakening by seven percentage points at the end of the summer, the governing party has regained five percentage points by October. Among the opposition parties, only the Democratic Coalition has managed to strengthen, raising its support to 9 p

Every second Hungarian (50 percent) believes that European sanctions are "more harmful to Europe" - this is revealed by the current research of the Nézőpont Institute. Only a quarter of that, one in eight respondents (12 percent) think that the victim of the Brussels sanctions is "rather Russia".

In early autumn 2022, the Nézőpont Institute, in cooperation with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, once again carried out its now-traditional survey on economic whitening, the figures of which are furthermore validated by opinion polls. The added value of this year's survey is that the Central European

According to the latest research of the Nézőpont Institute, Hungarians believe that energy sanctions are a threat to Europe. A two-thirds majority (66 percent) think that sanctions are hurting Europe more than Russia, and they also disagree with sanctions on the energy market. In March 2022, EU lea

Katalin Novák was elected by the Parliament as the President of Hungary on 14 March 2022, and took office on 10 May. The Nézőpont Institute has overviewed the first 100 days of her presidency, examined the support behind her and attempted to provide an explanation for her popularity. At the first

According to a poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute in Romania, more than twice as many people are in favour of Viktor Orbán in Romania this year than a year earlier. Compared to 2020, the Hungarian prime minister's popularity has more than tripled. In the past year, the image of Viktor Orbán i

In 12 countries studied in Central Europe, Hungary (61%) and Serbia (60%) had the highest proportion of people satisfied with their governments’ performance, Nézőpont Institute’s research conducted in May and June in Central Europe shows. The survey reveals that in the rest of the countries of the r

According to the latest survey of the Nézőpont Institute, four-fifths of Hungarians (78 percent) believe that Viktor Orbán is in favour of peace. Only Pope Francis (83 percent) is thought to be more in favour of a ceasefire, while less than half of Hungarians think the same about Western leaders. Jo

According to the latest survey of the Nézőpont Institute, nearly a third of opposition voters cannot choose a party to vote for. If an election were held this Sunday, Fidesz-KDNP would receive 55 percent of the votes, while among the opposition parties only the Democratic Coalition and Mi Hazánk (6-

According to a recent survey of the Nézőpont Institute, seven out of ten (70 percent) active voters believe that Fidesz-KDNP will win again in the April elections. It is remarkable that just over a third of opposition voters (37 percent) are confident of a change of government, and the same number o

According to this week's survey of the Nézőpont Institute conducted between Monday and Wednesday, six out of ten active voters (61 percent) believe that Viktor Orbán can better represent the Hungarian interests in the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict than Péter Márki-Zay (10 percent). The institut

The Nézőpont Institute has once again carried out an analysis of Hungary's international media presence. The media survey looked at some 10,955 news items about Hungary from 103 politically relevant media products (57 print and 46 online media outlets) in 18 countries, published in 15 different lang

The practice of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the German public media, which considers itself the paragon of objective reporting, is apparently far from its supposedly "independent objective" standards. The true measure of pseudo-objectivity is the double standard that has become obvious

With six weeks to go until the elections, the Hungarian electoral campaign period seems like trench warfare. Nézőpont Institute’s party-list election result estimation appears to be eerily similar to the data published at the beginning of the year. If the elections were held “this Sunday”, the Fides

According to active voters, Viktor Orbán is a more trustworthy, better and fairer leader than Péter Márki-Zay, a recent survey of the Nézőpont Institute reveals. The Institute's latest opinion poll made comparison between the current prime minister and his left-wing challenger on three characteristi

A recent survey by the Nézőpont Institute reveals that according to the vast majority of Hungarian voters, healthcare is not a business, statistics on Roma people should not be kept, and the current measures of overhead reduction are appropriate. The details of the survey also reveal that even the a

A recent survey of the Nézőpont Institute reveals that seven out of ten (68 percent) active voters believe that Fidesz-KDNP will win the elections. The same amount of voters as in December 2021* believe that the government side would win, if an election were held “this Sunday”. Péter Márki-Zay's cam

The 2022 parliamentary elections will be held in as little as three months. From now on, the Nézőpont Institute will extend its party preference research to a party-list election result estimation. Thus all active voters’ declared and identifiable party preference will be taken into account. With th

According to a poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute at the end of 2021, the current year’s developments of the country in general are positively evaluated among the majority of Hungarians (52 percent). Even more, 55 percent of adult Hungarians are slightly optimistic about the future. They belie

According to voters' preferences and expectations, Fidesz is likely to win the elections to be held in just over a hundred days. In December 2021, 70 percent of active voters said they expected the current governing parties to be re-elected and 55 percent said they would vote for Fidesz. Péter Má

According to a survey by the Nézőpont Institute, an absolute majority (51 percent) of the politically active Budapest residents who are committed to vote in the elections believe that Gergely Karácsony holds political responsibility for the City Hall scandal. The case has been dominating public talk

According to this week's survey by the Nézőpont Institute, 82 percent of citizens who have been vaccinated at least once intend to take the third booster jab. The high vaccination commitment and the possibility of a rapid vaccination are probably the reason why 56 percent of the respondents are sati

The Nézőpont Institute celebrated its 15th birthday on 24 November 2021 at the Museum of Fine Arts. At the event the guest of honour was Viktor Orbán. The Prime Minister called the period after the 2006 Őszöd speech as an era of lies. Quoting George Orwell, the Prime Minister said: to speak the trut

Péter Márki-Zay could neither attract new voters, nor unite the existing left-wing voters behind him. According to a recent survey conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, while 42 percent of determined voters are left-wing voters, only 24 percent of them would vote for the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely.

Although the prime minister candidacy of the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely was surrounded by high hopes on the opposition side, the level of support has neither changed for the Fidesz nor the left in the past three weeks. If the election were held today, Fidesz would certainly win. Many left-wing opi

The half-century-old commemoration of the 1956 revolution was a symbol of the moral crisis of the Gyurcsány government. Fifteen years later, the picture just becomes clearer: today, every second Hungarian believes that the police actions of the time were unlawful, and 42 percent blame the then head

According to a poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute, the pre-election of the left and the collection of signatures by the right had the same effect: in September, the difference between the two political camps changed only within the margin of error. The deterrent power of Ferenc Gyurcsány is sh

Even after a decade and a half, 78 percent of Hungarians still aware of that the speech at Őszöd can be linked to Ferenc Gyurcsány. 22 percent of them consider it a truth speech and 52 percent a lie speech. The powerful memento of a major turning point in the Hungarian domestic politics could be one

Three out of four adult Hungarians wish Gyurcsány to retire from politics, according to a survey conducted by the Nézőpont Institute on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the leak of the Öszöd speech. The fact that two-thirds of the voters who are critical of the government also think this way is a

The uninterrupted summer holidays, the recovery of the economy and the impact of the child protection referendum have also played a role in that Fidesz has become the political winner of the summer season. In the intensifying political competition, the proportion of uncertain voters decreased, but t

The mayor has been campaigning for the prime ministerial candidacy for almost three months, but his popularity has not increased neither among the general population nor among government critics. This Sunday, 55 percent of Hungarians would choose Orban and 15 percent Karácsony as prime minister.

According to a nationally representative poll conducted by Nézőpont Institute for Magyar Nemzet, Three-quarters of Hungarians (74 percent) believe that education about homosexuality in schools and kindergartens should be made dependent on parental permission. It has received significant media reso

According to a nationally representative survey conducted by Nézőpont Institute for Magyar Nemzet, Gergely Karácsony's campaign has lost momentum after its initial success. He failed to increase his one-fifth support in June. The survey has revealed that 50 percent of Hungarian adults favoured Vikto

There is every chance that the managing of the coronavirus pandemic will be a political success for the ruling party. 65 percent of those polled said last week that they were satisfied with the government’s pandemic management, which is three percentage points more than a week earlier, according to

According to last week’s nationally representative poll conducted by Nézőpont Institute, the advantage of the ruling party (40 percent) over the left (34 percent) has increased to six percentage points. The strengthening could be explained by the success of the vaccination program. 58 percent of Hun