The Ukrainian president is not very popular among Hungarians (64 percent have a negative opinion of him), four-fifths (79 percent) reject his threats directed at the prime minister, and only one-third (35 percent) oppose last week’s inspection of the Ukrainian cash shipment—based on a public opinion poll conducted in early March by the NézÅ‘pont Institute in cooperation with MTVA.
It is known that the Ukrainian President threatened last week to hand over the Hungarian Prime Minister’s address to the Ukrainian army. The overwhelming majority of Hungarians (79 percent) reject this outburst, which is not in line with European cultural norms.
It is perhaps less surprising that 97 percent of government party Fidesz voters disapprove of Zelenskyy’s remarks, but even 63 percent of TISZA (main opposition party) voters opposed them.
Although, 37 percent of supporters of the largest opposition party either agreed with or were unable to take a position on the statement.
This backlash is also evident in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s popularity in Hungary. Sixty-four percent of Hungarian voters of voting age (91 percent of Fidesz voters) have a largely negative view of the Ukrainian president, while only 22 percent have a positive one. Left-wing TISZA Party voters, however, are divided on the issue: nearly half (47 percent) sympathize with the Ukrainian president, while a third (34 percent) do not.
The breakdown of public opinion regarding Ukraine’s EU accession is similar. Despite European pressure and Ukrainian demands for a rapid and unprecedented EU membership, seven out of ten Hungarians (69 percent) do not even want to hear about it, and only one-fifth (20 percent) are open to the idea. All of this points to a downward trend since April 2025. At that time, 62 percent of Hungarians opposed Ukraine’s accession to the EU, while 29 percent supported it.
Similar to the results of the TISZA Party’s signature-gathering campaign last year, voters remain divided, but 42 percent support, and only 44 percent oppose (the rest were unable or unwilling to answer) the admission of our war-torn eastern neighbor into the European Union.
Finally, the NézÅ‘pont Institute’s survey also asked Hungarians for their views on the case of the Ukrainian cash shipment. A relative majority (45 percent) agreed that Hungarian authorities were right to “stop and are investigate the cash shipment bound for Ukraine,” while only a third (35 percent) opposed the action. While four-fifths (81 percent) of Fidesz voters welcomed the developments, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of TISZA voters sided with the Ukrainian cash transporters.
Overall, it can be said that the majority of Hungarians are critical of issues related to Ukraine; the Fidesz camp is uniformly so, while TISZA voters are deeply divided. It is understandable that Péter Magyar would avoid the issue and do everything in his power to ensure that Ukraine is not mentioned in the Hungarian election campaign.
Via hirado.hu; Featured photo: EP/Daina Le Lardic
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