Publicus Institute, commissioned by Népszava, conducted a nationwide representative opinion poll between the 5th and 8th of December, surveying 1009 people about their opinions on the withholding of EU funds, as well as the ongoing national consultation.
(Ezen kutatás magyar nyelven itt olvasható.)
Nine out of ten of the people interviewed had heard that the European Commission proposed to impose strict conditions on EU funds to Hungary, as well as to withhold some of it until the government meets the requirements.
Six out of ten respondents said that the Orbán Viktor / Fidesz / government is responsible for the EU withholding funds. One in five said that the EU is responsible for the whole situation, while one in ten said that it is the fault of the opposition.
Nine in ten (89%) of those polled have heard that the European Commission proposed that EU aid to Hungary should be subject to strict conditions, with some of it withheld until the government meets the requirements.
Six out of ten (61%) respondents believe that the Orbán Viktor / Fidesz / government is responsible for the EU withholding EU funds.
One in five (20 percent) say the EU is responsible for the whole situation.
One in ten (11%) think the opposition is responsible for the withheld money.
In addition, 7 percent of respondents cited the Russian-Ukrainian war and sanctions, while 3 percent cited George Soros as responsible for the EU withholding EU funds.
Nine out of ten (91%) voters of the opposition parties that united during the election said that Viktor Orbán / Fidesz / the government was responsible for the EU withholding funds. Six out of ten (61%) undecided voters, and every one in eight (12%) Fidesz voters said the same.
Six out of ten (57%) Fidesz voters, nearly every seventh (13%) undecided voter, and 4% of voters of the opposition parties that united during the election believe that the EU is to blame for withholding the funds.
Three out of ten (31%) Fidesz voters and one in ten (9%) undecided voters think the opposition is responsible for withholding EU funds.
12 percent of Fidesz voters and 11 percent of undecided voters say that the Russian-Ukrainian war/ sanctions are responsible for the current situation.
Nearly a tenth of Fidesz voters (8%) and 4% of undecided voters named George Soros as the cause of the situation.
[The survey was conducted before Monday’s decision in Brussels]
Further details on the results of the research can be found in the print and online editions of Népszava. When referring to this research, please also refer to Népszava.
Methodology
The survey was conducted by Publicus Institute as a part of Publicus Omnibusz, between the 5th and the 8th of December 2022, polling 1009 individuals via phone, who are representative of the adult population of Hungary. The potential distortions of sampling were corrected with weighting based on the data from the 2016 KSH census data. The attributes of the surveyed accurately resemble those of the Hungarian population by their sex, age, educational attainment, regional and settlement wise composition. With this sample size, we can state with a 95 percent confidence level that the data obtained through testing would only differ by +/-3,1 percent at most from that we would have gotten when surveying all 18 year old or older residents. The statistical error is larger however, when the distribution is configured not to all surveyed, but to certain smaller subgroups.
