Author: Noémi Konopás

With six months to go until the voting, István Tarlós has the biggest chanceto win the Budapest mayoral election, as half of the city’s residents (48 percent) said that they would support him if the elections were held this Sunday.

With six months to go till the autumn municipal elections, those who do not want to see Péter Márki-Zay become mayor of Hódmezővásárhely (46 percent) constitute a small majority against those who do (42 percent), reveals a publc opinion poll conducted by Nézőpont Intézet.

15 years after Hungary's accession to the EU, those who wish to leave the block represent a marginal minority (11 percent), and the vast majority of Hungarians (79 percent) would like to remain in the EU. However, six out of ten Hungarians say that things are going in the wrong direction in Europe.

An average of 71 per cent of Visegrad Four citizens of voting age hold a favourable view of their country's NATO membership, according to an opinion poll conducted by Nézőpont Intézet in twelve Central European countries and regions.

The debate with some members of the EPP has not harmed the government parties but rather helped to increase the popularity of Fidesz-KDNP that would now get 56 percent if elections were held on Sunday, shows a public opinion poll conducted by Nézőpont Intézet on behalf of Magyar Nemzet newspaper.