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Government think-tank: Budapest residents reject sanctions
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Fully 85 percent of Budapest residents want peace to be forged between Russia and Ukraine, while 63 percent see sanctions on Russia as excessive or sufficient already, the Századvég Foundation said on Friday, revealing its latest survey. It is important to note that Századvég Foundation is entirely pro-government. Please bear this in mind when looking at the results of the survey.
Fully 78 percent expressed opposition to the European Union and its member states buying weapons for Ukraine, and 76 percent objected to the EU training Ukrainian soldiers.
The think-tank said Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, had “created the impression” that the views of Budapest residents were at odds with the pro-peace government in respect of the war.
During an official visit to Kyiv, Karácsony said: “The Hungarian people are not synonymous with the Hungarian government” and “the majority of the people of Budapest understand exactly what is happening in Ukraine,” the think-tank added.
Budapest citizens “against sanctions”
Such comments prompted Századvég to conduct a survey of Budapest adults on issues related to the war in Ukraine in December, its statement said. Accordingly, there is a dim view of top politicians who back the continuation of the war, it said.
Meanwhile, 82 percent of respondents in the capital had a negative view of Russian President Vladimir Putin, while 57 percent saw US President Joe Biden in a bad light. Fully 52 percent had an unfavourable view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
First of all, the government is only “pro peace” if that means that Russia takes over Ukraine. It makes me wonder how fast the Orban goverment would fold if Russia wants to take Hungary next. Second, the poll is so biased as to have no meaning whatsoever, release the amount of people polled and the area of the city where the alleged polls were taken. Third, stop supporting the same country that terrorized (The Terror Museum) Hungary for many years until it was set free of Russian tanks in 1990, thanks to the U.S. and the EU. If Hungarians want to return to that, then I will be happy to move on like so many Hungarians have already done. The “Hungarian despora” is in reality Hungarians fleeing Orban.