Survey: Majority of Hungarians support immediate ceasefire in Ukraine war
Fully 75 percent of Hungarians agree with calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a fresh survey by the Nezőpont Institute released on Friday.
The think-tank said in a statement that only 15 percent of the survey’s respondents disagreed with the need for a ceasefire.
In a breakdown of responses by age group, Nezőpont found that support for an immediate ceasefire was equally high among 18-39-year-olds (73 percent), 40-59-year-olds, who were born during the Cold War (77 percent), as well as those over 60 who lived through the armed conflicts and retaliations of the 20th century (76 percent).
In terms of political affiliation, Nezőpont found that 91 percent of pro-government voters agreed with the government’s position that the warring sides should enter into negotiations and reach a peaceful settlement.
Meanwhile, 58 of left-wing voters also agreed with calling for an immediate ceasefire, while 30 percent disagreed.
Nezőpont’s phone survey was conducted with a representative sample of 1,000 adults between June 12 and 14.
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If a good portion of eastern Hungary was invaded and occupied by a foreign power do these Hungarians believe that would be a good time for a cease fire and negotiations? Anyone with a brain knows that is crazy!
Zelensky could not play the victim if there is a cease fire. Victimhood is his favorite role.
Give autonomy to all disputed territories. Invite both Russia and Ukraine to join the EU. Russia is very wealthy in natural resources, and this will be needed by a developing EU.
Russia and China are not natural allies. Presently, China seems to be the major enemy. Russian resources will be needed in case of a war.
Would be a lot more interesting news if we knew the exact questions asked. Of course just about everyone agrees that “warring sides should enter into negotiations and reach a peaceful settlement”, but what are the chances of a peacefull settlement when Russia is clearly not going to give up on its territorial claims nor admit doing ever anything wrong let alone agree to compensate for the destruction it has done. It is easy to get “pro-peace” results from surveys with the right kind of questions.
When someone invades your country a ceasefire is only in the interest of the invader after he has taken your land. In any case Putin has no interest whatsoever in a ceasefire so the Fidesz government should focus on that fact and to pressure the Russian government to stop its’ attack. The Putin government uses the war to rally popular support for itself and will keep the war going and will increase repression on all Russians who oppose it. The only option available to Ukraine now is to fight for its’ existence or surrender to Russian slavery. The idea of any kind of ceasefire now is a complete pipe dream pushed by the Orban government which is as impossible as when Hitler’s forces were occupying Europe.
Someone better talk to Priogzhin about a ceasefire because he is now attacking Russia itself taking a military base in Rostov-on-Don. Russia is on the verge of armed rebellion. These are the animals Ukraine and the West are dealing with. It is a mafia state that needs to be cordoned off from the civilized world.
Orbans Russian friends are under massive pressure, the Ukraine has reached a greater breakthrough since the beginning of the offensive and Putin has to deal with his own blood dog. But it will be as always in Hungary, the US, the EU, the West and Soros are to blame. Now the calls will increase massively again after a ceasefire due to the loyal Hungarian lovers of Russia and China will not wait long and join the choir “friends of peace”. This survey comes just in time to distract from their own mendacity. That’s it!