Only 33% of Hungarians believe that Hungary is a democracy
According to a recent survey, only 33 per cent of Hungarians are satisfied with the level of democracy in the country.
The survey looked at people’s perceptions of democracy in 53 countries, involving about 50,000 people. The survey was commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, writes 444.hu.
One of the key findings of the poll is that democracy remains popular.
At the same time, controlling the coronavirus pandemic was less effective in democratic countries than in less democratic countries. At the start of the pandemic, during the spring of 2020, roughly 70 per cent of the participants were satisfied with their government’s epidemiological measures in both democratic and less democratic countries. This satisfaction decreased in both measured groups; however, in countries with weaker democracies, it decreased by only 5 per cent. Only 51 per cent of those living in democracies were satisfied with the epidemiological measures taken by their government in 2021. There is also a big difference among continents, as
45 per cent of Europeans and 75 per cent of Asians are satisfied with the epidemiological activities of their government.
The poll asked which great power people fear threaten democracy in their own country. It may be surprising that respondents consider the United States to be the greatest threat to their country’s democracy (44%). The US is followed by China (38%) and Russia (28%). The operation of tech companies (48%) poses a greater threat to democracy than any of the three great powers.
An interesting contradiction is that 81 per cent of respondents think democracy is important, but just over half of the participants think that democracy works in their country. The most satisfied countries are Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, and China. In these countries, 71 per cent of respondents think that the democratic functioning of their government is adequate.
Hungary, Poland, and Russia are at the other end of the satisfaction list.
In these countries, only 33 per cent of respondents believe that their country is operating democratically. At the bottom of the list are also Iran, Nigeria, and Venezuela. Despite the fact that Gergely Gulyás declared that “Hungary is a model democracy”, his statement does not seem to be matching Hungarian citizens’ opinion.
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Source: 444.hu, index.hu
Perhaps the first time for many decades have we felt as free as now.
(Even with the pandemic )
I just want what I have now.
With Orbán, Hungary has a future.
Without Orbán, we are going to be the puppets of a whole lot of Brussels (most of them faceless) bureaucrats who will decide what happens in your country and to you.
THERE WILL BE NO HUNGARY. THERE WILL BE NO TRADITION. THESE PEOPLE WANT US TO BE FACELESS AND SUBSERVIENT.
THERE IS NO WAY ANY SELF-RESPECTING COUNTRY OR HUMAN BEING WOULD WANT THAT.
WE HAVE JOINED THE EU IN GOOD FAITH FOR TRADE AND PROTECTION AND IT LET US DOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
TRYING TO FORCE US TO TAKE THESE UNBELIEVABLE NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS WHEN WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET BACK ON OUR FEET AFTER THE COMMUNIST REGIME AND GYURCSANY
America is always very noisy.
Remember what the CIA controlled “FREE EUROPE” radio broadcasted to the Hungarians during the 1956 revolution?
CONTINUE FIGHTING!!!!! HELP IS ON THE WAY.
AMERICA IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
WE CAN ONLY RELY ON OURSELVES.
The EU may have had honourable intentions initially (sadly) -like ALL BUREAUCRACIES HAVE BECOME
AN OUT OF CONTROL MASS.
THESE BUREAUCRATS TREAT SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES LIKE SMALL CHILDREN.
PUNISHING THEM OR EVEN TAKING THEM TO COURT IF THEY “DON’T BEHAVE” AS THEY COMMAND. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR NATION??
SURELY NOT.
Let us look at the LEFT COALITION.
Well, all these different ideologies tied together for the sake of grabbing power would be very funny if it didn’t impact on the population.
Wake up Hungary before it is too late. We the people are but a pawn in the hands of these people.
Communist, socialist (they are all the same).
Look what they were trying to do to YOU, THEIR OWN PEOPLE WITH THE VACCINES.
We need clear-sighted, practical people at the “helm”.
A country is like a ship, it needs A TRUSTWORTHY CAPTAIN AT THE “HELM” who will stir our boat onto
SAFE WATERS.
There is a saying that” If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck”. I rather think that the political situation here in Hungary disproves that notion.
Just goes to show the importance of boiling the Frog, slowly…
Wouldn’t want to get the Frog all worked up now, would we?
The slow process means the Frog will be happy – right up to the end!
way too much Fide(sz) friends or employees in the above comments.
Chill, they(fide-sz) will steal the elections anyways, wonder who will be the enemy now; we had the immigrants, than the old man Soro(s) , is it EU now ?
Most probably EU ! poor fide(sz) fighting the multi head evil “sárkány” which is EU and their agenda to control and discriminate this nation.
EU wants your freedom, they hate your freedom, so its time to join Fide(sz) and their fight for freedom, but first lets cash in the financial assistance, infrastructure funds ad the economy stimulus money from EU and after we fight them tyrants.
Long live hun and its 100% freedom !
Johnny – I wouldn’t take any notice of berks like the NotMario and Gabor cretins. As I attempted to demonstrate with the duck analogy, just because there is something that superficially looks like democracy in Hungary, it does not follow that it really is democratic. Fidesz have seized the levers of power in a whole number of key areas so that even if their thugs can’t intimidate the electorate into returning them to power in parliament, like the multi headed hydra they have wrapped themselves around all manner of other mechanisms to control the country.
Anonymous. I totally agree.
I agree with NotMario.
Who cares what name you give it, if it feels right and no one threatens you or your very existence or
your freedom.
Hungary is a safe and progressive country.
That’s all folks.