The survey, conducted with a sample of 8,000, also revealed that Hungarians, alongside Germans and Poles, were the least pessimistic about the EU’s future. Just 17% of Hungarian respondents said that the country should quit the EU compared with the ten-nation figure of 19%.

Fully 73% of Hungarians criticised the EU for its impact on the economy, 56% for its effect on agriculture and 53% for its influence on the legal system. Just over half of Hungarians gave the EU bad marks for pressuring member states to reduce their central spending.

This compares with 62% of the whole sample. Again, just over half of the Hungarian sample agreed with the proposition that the EU gives unfair advantages to rich member states. More Spaniards and Italians were of this view (over 70%) whereas fewer Germans, Dutch and Swedes believed this to be the case (below 45%).

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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