Speaking to journalists after an emergency summit of all 27 leaders in Brussels – at which Hungary was the only member of the Joint Statement in the benefit of Ukraine’s weapons – the Government will conduct a survey among Hungarians about their support for the EU.
“We have the so-called national consultation system, which we regularly use to collect citizens’ opinions, so we will now reuse it,” he said, passes the index.
Orbánova government since 2010. spent more than a dozen such national consultations on different topics, from migration to LGBTQ + rights.
It is about campaigns by mail in which all adult Hungarians receive letters with questions and can choose answers from the offered list, sometimes simply “yes” or “no”.
The questions are often formulated in a suggestive way, and the vast majority of answers usually agree with the attitudes of the government, state the Hungarian media, while opposition and civil society criticize them as a propaganda tool, polito.
For example, the National Consultation on EU Migration Policy in 2023. Hungarians asked if the Brussels are creating “Migrant Ghettoe” in Hungary. Less than 20 percent of citizens responded to the survey – but 99 percent of those who participated in said “no”.
The results are not legally binding, but the Orbánova government uses them to strengthen their views on the disputed issues, claiming that they have the support of most voters.
“For the first time, Hungarians have the opportunity to decide whether to support Ukraine in the EU or not,” said early in the morning spokesman of the Hungarian government Balázs Orbán.
(Vijesti.ba)
