More and more expect Orbán win in April, government-close pollster says

The ratio of those expecting a victory by Orbán and ruling Fidesz in the upcoming election has increased from 50 percent to 53 percent since last November, pollster Nézőpont said on Monday.

According to Nézőpont, “one percentage point less” expect the opposition Tisza Party’s victory. “There are more and more signs” that even people close to Tisza do not believe in a Tisza victory, and pollsters associated with the opposition “make more and more cautious statements … preparing the public for an emergency scenario through accusing the ruling parties of election fraud well in advance,” Nézőpont said. Read our analysis about the outcome of the 2026 elections based on bets on Polymarket.

Government soon to publish national petition content

The government will publish the exact format and content of its national petition in the next few days, Balázs Hidvéghi, state secretary at the prime minister’s cabinet, said on the Truth Hour podcast on Monday.

Hidvéghi said the petition was “a protest, a message to Brussels that … we don’t want any of their pro-war policy and we won’t allow Hungary to be dragged into the war (in Ukraine).” The government will not allow “unlimited use of Hungarians’ money for financing the Ukrainian war and the Ukrainian state through Brussels … we reject blackmail and threatening, we support peace,” he added.

“Whether we are involved in Brussels’ process to disaster or stay away, while retaining our European Union and NATO membership, is a crucial question for Hungary … for us Hungary comes first rather than Ukraine’s assumed or actual interests,” Hidvéghi said.

Referring to critical remarks concerning the cost of the government’s national consultation surveys, Hidvéghi said “it would cost Hungarians many times as much if Ukraine became an EU member or if the war in Ukraine were to be financed for long years.”