Six out of ten (59 percent) want Brussels to no longer withhold European funds due to Hungary, according to a survey by the Nézőpont Institute. Every third opposition voter, but even the majority of young people think that the amount withheld two years ago should be paid to our country.
While the Hungarian government has done everything in recent months to reach an agreement with Brussels, it has made a number of compromises that are compatible with its principles and values - from the establishment of the Integrity Authority to the tightening of the asset declaration system - it seems that the European Commission is postponing its decision - writes the Nézőpont Institute in its analysis , which most recently researched how Hungarians feel about the withholding of EU funds in this situation.
The vast majority of Hungarian voters (59 percent) answered no to the question of whether they agree that "the European Union withholds the financial aid granted to Hungary".
Only a third of them (33 percent) indicated that they agreed with the Brussels procedure. It is interesting that, although the opposition parties support the financial sanctioning of Hungary, voters critical of the government are divided on this issue, a third of them (31 percent) are against the withholding of European funds due to Hungary.
It is not only because of the division of their own electorate that left-wing parties can hope for little domestic political benefit from supporting Brussels' policies. There is no social group whose absolute majority would agree that, in the current situation, Hungary should not have access to EU funds. Even among the generally critical 18-29-year-olds and those with higher education, 50-50 percent of the respondents are against the further withholding of EU funds.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
Image: Point of View Institute
