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Hungarian parties’ popularity is unchanged: Fidesz, Jobbik, Socialists

Budapest, May 4 (MTI) – The recent wave of demonstrations has not changed party preferences which have stayed unchanged in the last quarter, a poll released by Tárki Research Institute on Thursday shows.

The poll shows ruling Fidesz leading by a wide margin, with the backing of 32-33 percent of voters in the whole sample and 51 percent of decided voters.

Opposition Jobbik’s support was at 11 percent among all voters and 17 percent among decided ones, the latter a fall from 20 percent in January.

The Socialists stood at 10 percent among the whole population and at 15 percent among decided voters. Leftist Democratic Coalition, LMP and Együtt had 5, 3 and 1 percent respectively among all respondents, and 8, 4 and 1 percent among decided voters, respectively. The Dialogue party did not reach the 1 percent margin.

Tárki measured support for new opposition party Momentum for the first time, with 1 percent support among all respondents and 2 percent among decided voters.

Around 35 percent could not or would not name a party preference, Tárki said.

The representative poll was conducted on a sample of 1,002 people between April 13 and 26.

Party preferences same as in 2014 elections – Nezőpont

If the next election were held next Sunday its outcome would be almost the same as in the 2014 general elections, according to a poll by the Nézőpont Institute released on Thursday.

The ruling alliance of Fidesz and the Christian Democrats was backed by 31 percent of the entire electorate, one percentage point down from the March figure. Support for the opposition Jobbik stood at 11 percent while the Socialists were backed by 7 percent. The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) and the green LMP were backed by 3 percent, the satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) by 2 percent, and Egyutt, the Dialogue party, the Liberals and the Momentum Movement each by 1 percent.

Taking core party support into account, the ruling parties were backed by 45 percent of respondents, Jobbik by 20 percent, and the Socialists by 14 percent. DK stood at 6 percent, LMP at 5 percent, Kétfarkú Kutya at 3 percent, Együtt and the Liberals at 2 percent both and the Momentum Movement and Dialogue at 1 percent both.

The poll was conducted from April 1 to 20 with a sample of 2,000 voting-age adults.

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May 4, 2017

Ruling alliance retains firm lead in March – POLL

Budapest, April 1 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christians Democrat alliance retained its firm lead over the opposition parties, which further segmented in March, a recent poll by the Nézőpont Institute showed.

Among all voters, Fidesz-KDNP’s support dropped one percentage point to 32 percent, while opposition Jobbik’s and the Socialists’ backing both slipped also one percentage point to 11 percent and 7 percent, respectively. Support for the Democratic Coalition (DK) went down one point to 3 percent, green LMP’s backing stayed level at 3 percent while support for Együtt, Dialogue and the Liberal parties stood at 1 percent. Nézőpont recorded one percent support for the all-new Momentum Movement and the satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) party.

Taking core party support into account, the ruling parties upped their camp by seven percentage points to 53 percent whereas Jobbik lost five points in backing to have 16 percent. The Socialists had support of 11 percent, LMP and DK 6 percent each. Momentum and the Kétfarkú had backing by 2 percent each, while Együtt, Dialogue and the Liberals had 1 percent, respectively.

The poll was conducted between March 3 and 26 on a sample of 2,000.

April 2, 2017

Combined poll shows Fidesz-Christian Democrats with strong lead

Budapest, February 15 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats (KDNP) are way ahead of their opposition rivals, according to a poll of polls by kozvelemenykutatok.hu.

The site operated by the Nezopont Institute combined Median, Nézőpont, Századvég Foundation, Tárki, Publicus Institute and Závecz Research polls for the daily Magyar Idők.

If a general election were held now, the ruling alliance would improve on their performance on April 6, 2014 by 6 percentage points while the left-wing opposition is stuck at the same level as three years ago. Jobbik has weakened by 4 percentage points since that point.

Among all voters, Fidesz-KDNP is backed by 31 percent. Medián, Nezőpont, Századvég and Tárki showed the ruling parties with well above 30 percent support while Závecz measured only 26 percent and Publicus 25 percent.

Jobbik, once the opposition leading force, is now almost level pegging with the Socialists, with 11 percent and 10 percent support, respectively, according to the poll of polls.

The various pollsters showed differing outcomes, however. Publicus said the Socialists were stronger than Jobbik while Zavecz and Századvég Foundation found they were tied. The others maintained that Jobbik was stronger, according to the article published on Thursday.

The combined figures showed that the opposition Democratic Coalition and LMP parties received 4 and 3 percent, respectively. Együtt stood at between 1 and 2 percent and the opposition PM, Liberal Party and Kétfarkú Kutyapárt between 0 and 1 percent.

Fidesz-KDNP’s core support was higher than in the last elections. Medián found 60 percent in favour as against Závecz’s 44 percent.

Based on combined data, the Socialists have nearly caught up with Jobbik and parties of the former left-wing alliance hold a combined 8 percentage point lead ahead of Jobbik.

The Democratic Coalition would get average 7 percent support at the elections and all pollsters said they would safely meet the 5 percent threshold for seats in parliament. LMP would get into parliament, according to Medián and Tárki, but the other parties are no way near that threshold, kozvelemenykutatok.hu said.

February 15, 2017

Two polls, same result: Ruling parties widen lead in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Support for the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance increased in early February both among all voters and decided voters, a new poll by the Századvég Foundation released on Wednesday shows. Ruling Fidesz continues to hold a commanding lead over the opposition parties and Hungarians are the most satisfied with the direction of the country since autumn 2010, according to a fresh poll by Medián published on news portal hvg.hu.

Századvég

In the whole sample, Fidesz-KDNP increased its lead over the opposition and stood at 33 percent. Support for Jobbik has continued to decline, with the opposition party falling back to the Socialist Party’s level at 10 percent.

Support for green LMP and the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) was unchanged with both parties standing at 4 percent. The opposition Együtt was backed by 1 percent of respondents, while 4 percent said they would choose other parties if the general election were held now.

The percentage of undecided voters who did not choose any party to support stood at 34 percent.

Fidesz-KDNP also increased their popularity among decided voters, with 49 percent backing the governing alliance. Jobbik came second with 19 percent, just ahead of the Socialists who were backed by 18 percent of respondents. LMP and DK were again even at 5 percent each. Együtt captured just 1 percent, which is below the parliamentary threshold. A total of 3 percent of respondents in this category said they would vote for other parties.

The poll was taken between February 1 and 7 by phone with a sample of 1,000 adults.

Medián

In the whole sample, Fidesz had the backing of 37 percent of the poll’s respondents. Jobbik came second with 10 percent, ahead of the Socialists who garnered 8 percent. The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) captured 4 percent, followed by green LMP at 3 percent and Együtt which was backed by 2 percent of respondents.

Among decided voters, Fidesz popularity stands at 60 percent, according to Medián. Jobbik was backed by 13 percent of respondents while support for the Socialists stood at 10 percent. DK was the best of the parties with single-digit support among decided voters at 7 percent, ahead of LMP and Együtt with 3 percent each.

Medián also assessed the popularity of the Momentum Movement, the civil organisation spearheading an initiative to collect signatures demanding a referendum on Hungary dropping its bid to host the Olympic Games in Budapest in 2024. The NGO was backed by 1 percent of respondents in the whole sample and by 2 percent of decided voters.

The proportion of respondents who said the country was “going in the right direction” was 46 percent, the highest since autumn 2010. A total of 48 percent said Hungary was on the wrong track.

This was also the first time since autumn 2010 that half of the respondents said the Orbán government was doing a “good” or “very good” job. Medián said the government’s approval rating tied into Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s popularity, which currently stands at 49 percent. The most popular opposition politician was LMP co-leader Bernadett Szél with 38 percent viewing her favourably, followed by László Botka, Szeged’s Socialist mayor, with a 34 percent popularity rating.

The poll was carried out in the last week of January.

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February 9, 2017

Ruling parties hold commanding lead in new poll

Budapest (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance continued to hold a commanding lead over the opposition parties in January, according to a fresh poll by Tárki released on Monday.

In the whole sample, support for Fidesz-KDNP stood at 33 percent. Support for Jobbik was up at 13 percent compared with 10 percent in Tárki’s last poll conducted in October. The Socialist Party had the backing of 9 percent of respondents, unchanged from the last poll.

Support for other opposition parties was also unchanged: the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) stood at 4 percent, Együtt at 1 percent with the Dialogue Party slightly below the 1 percent mark. Green LMP was backed by 3 percent of respondents, up by one point compared with the October survey.

Fidesz-KDNP’s standing dipped slightly among decided voters, with 52 percent backing the governing alliance compared with 54 percent in October. Jobbik’s popularity was also up by 3 points among decided voters at 20 percent. The Socialists maintained their level of support at 15 percent, as did DK with 6 percent, Együtt with 2 percent and the Dialogue Party with 1 percent. LMP captured 4 percent, up by one point from October.

The percentage of undecided voters who did not choose any party to support stood at 35 percent, down from 40 percent in October.

The representative poll was taken between January 13 and 23.

January 31, 2017

Orbán holds comfortable lead according to new Nézőpont poll

Budapest, January 26 (MTI) – Nearly two-fifths of Hungarians would vote for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán if a general election were held now, a new poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute released on Thursday shows.

In the total sample, Orbán was backed by 37 percent of respondents, more than the combined total support for all other potential candidates for prime minister named in the poll.

Gábor Vona, leader of Jobbik, came second with 8 percent, just ahead of the Socialist Party’s László Botka, the current Mayor of Szeged, who was backed by 7 percent of respondents. Botka recently received the backing of his party’s national board to hold talks on substantive issues connected with his candidacy for the 2018 election.

Democratic Coalition (DK) leader and former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány was supported by 5 percent of respondents, ahead of LMP co-leader Bernadett Szál, with 3 percent, and Liberal Party leader Gábor Fodor, who received 2 percent.

Among self-declared left-wing sympathisers, Botka had the backing of 43 percent of the survey’s respondents, while Gyurcsány garnered 40 percent support.

Nezopont found that Botka also leads Gyurcsány among non-committed voters, with 10 percent as against 4 percent.

The telephone poll was taken between Jan. 20 and 23 with a sample of 1,000 adults.

January 26, 2017

Hungarians don’t believe in medical science

The majority of Hungarians finds alternative cures more effective than classic medical science, hate medicine factories and firmly believes in disproved healthcare misbeliefs – these are the main lessons of a countrywide representative survey conducted by Závecz Research, commissioned by index.hu. The support of anti-vaccination is dangerously high, whereas surprisingly little people believe in homeopathy.

Medicine lobby

Almost 2/3 of respondents think that there are many alternative cures which are more effective than official medical science – and the rate of those who are totally sceptical of these methods is well below 20%. The expression “medicine lobby” counts as a real swear-word: 68% thinks that medicine factories are scared of losing their profits so they suppress natural and cheap cures. This shows that there’s a great need of alternative methods and that the distrust and rejection of the healthcare industry is big.

According to statistics, half of the population supports alternative medicine, only 13% is sceptical and 1/3 is ambivalent. This illustrates a trap-situation: on one hand, healthcare is in horrible conditions and on the other hand, the world of alternative medicine is full of frauds and quacks.

Vaccination and diluted water

In the case of the anti-vaccination attitude, the rate of supporters is outstandingly low at first glance, while the rate of sceptical is quite high. Although, vaccination-denial is illegal in Hungary, law calls it “the negligence of protection against contagious diseases”, and you could be fined for it. Furthermore, if they add the rate of “agree” (“rather agree”), the percentage of those who believe that vaccination causes much more bad than good jumps up to 27%, which is a lot. Even if you take the margin of error into consideration, this means that more than 2 million Hungarians don’t believe in vaccination.

It might be surprising that the rate of firm believers in homeopathy is lower than the rate of hard-core vaccination deniers, even though it is advertised in the television, some pharmacies are specialised in this filed, and many doctors support it. It’s interesting that the rate of “I don’t know” was the highest here, so it seems like the concept of homeopathy is not as wide-spread in the county as one might think. However, most people marked “agree” (“rather agree”), which might only be the sign of self-control, at least according to Tibor Závecz.

Infectious misbeliefs

A popular misbelief and the all-time hit of “the natural healing business” is detoxification. According to the view of science, detoxification exists in the sense that the liver, chole and kidneys constantly clear out harmful substances from our bodies, so there’s no need of special diets or cures to boost this up. But it seems like less than 7% think the same way, while exactly ¾ of respondents believe to some degree that regular detoxification is the key to good health.

Index.hu writes that almost 80% of the Hungarians “strongly agree” or “agree” that the majority of diseases are psychogenic and are mistreated by medical interventions. Why would this be a problem if psychosomatic or partly psychogenic diseases, symptoms actually exist? The problem is that several quack doctors build their businesses on misinterpreting these symptoms. For instance, the most extreme trend claims that viruses, bacteria, disorders, environmental effects don’t exist, because all diseases are psychogenic. According to the survey, the majority of Hungarians are somewhere in the middle, so there’s a good base for even the most dangerous pseudo-scientific scams.

It all comes down to education

Let’s see who the supporters of alternative medicine are. You would think that the higher qualification one has, the more one believes in science – but the results didn’t confirm this. In fact, the rate of professional classes believing in alternative medicine is a bit higher than the rate of those who only finished primary school. Does this signal the complete failure of natural science education?

The survey also asked about professions, and it turned out that the rate of both supporters and sceptical is high among students, and there’s basically no transition in-between. Further supporters of alternative medicine are unemployed-inactive and women on maternity leave.

The results go against stereotypes when it comes to the question of age: the acceptance of alternative methods is higher among the youth than the elderly. While the rate is 65% in the 18-29 age group, it drops to 37% in the over 60 age group while the number of sceptical doubles.

Residence doesn’t matter, but gender does: even though the rate of supporters is equal, there are much more sceptical among men and much more ambivalent among women. Results attested preconceptions when it comes to religion: non-religious or pronouncedly atheist people are more frequently sceptical, while people, who consider themselves religious, are up against medical science the most.

The survey also asked about party preferences, and it turned out that the rate is equal between the devotees of Fidesz and MSZP. It’s outstanding that the denial of medical science has the highest rate among the devotees of Jobbik, while the most sceptical can be found among DK devotees.

The survey was conducted on a representative model of 1000 people by telephone calls. The maximal margin of error is +/- 3%. Index plans on sharing further surveys conducted by Závecz Research in the future. The next one will be centred around esotericism and conspiracy theories.

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December 26, 2016

Hungarians don’t trust in mainstream medicine

The list of medicines in short supply is becoming longer.

According to a recent survey by Závecz Research, Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed believe that alternative healing methods are much more effective than scientific methods and regard the phenomenon of “Pharmaceutical Lobby” an obscenity.

68 percent of respondents believe that drug companies, in order to increase their profits subvert treasured and affordable natural therapies. The survey found that there was a huge demand for alternative medical solutions among the general public and distrust in official medical procedures is greater than ever before.

More than half of Hungarians support alternative medicine and only 13 percent of them are skeptical; a third of them ambivalent.

The survey also found that 27 percent of respondents believe that vaccines cause more harm than good. This means that more than two million people in Hungary do not believe that vaccination is a good thing.

Also, three-quarters of respondents believe that the key to good health is regular detoxification.

More than 80 percent of respondents agree with the statement that the majority of diseases have psychological origin and must be treated accordingly – drugs or medical intervention can’t cure them.

Support of alternative medicine in the 18 to 29 age group is around 65 percent and in the 60 and over age group, 37 percent.

Another interesting aspect of the finding is that Fidesz and Socialist party supporters hold similar, almost identical views on alternative medicine. Supporters of the nationalist Jobbik party, however, are much more inclined to reject mainstream medical practices than supporters of the other parties. Opposition Democratic Coalition seem to be the most satisfied with mainstream medical procedures, according to the survey.

December 16, 2016

Support for Jobbik keeps declining, but they are still second strongest party in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Although the campaign preceding the referendum on the European Union’s mandatory migrant quota scheme made hardly any impact on the popularity of Hungary’s major parties, support for the Jobbik has continued to decline since September, according to a fresh poll by Median published on hvg.hu on Wednesday.

Among the whole voter sample, ruling Fidesz was backed by 36 percent. Support for Jobbik declined to 10 percent, the lowest point since January 2014. The Socialist Party is supported by 9 percent of voters, the Democratic Coalition (DK) by 6 percent, the green LMP by 3 percent and Együtt by 2 percent. Another four parties – Dialogue, Liberals, Workers’ Party and the satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) – won the backing of at least 1 percent of the electorate, the poll said.

In the group of decided voters who have a clear party affiliation, Fidesz’s support stood at 53 percent. Sixteen percent favoured Jobbik, 14 percent the Socialists, 9 percent DK and 3 percent LMP and Együtt both.

Fully 29 percent of respondents disclosed no party preference at all.

The proportion of respondents who said the country was “going in the wrong direction” rose to 55 percent as against 38 percent who said just the opposite.

November 24, 2016

Polls show ruling parties enjoy at least 30 pc support

Budapest, November 8 (MTI) – Support for the ruling parties was at least 30 percent among all voters in October and only ruling Fidesz has increased its popularity since 2014, the daily Magyar Idők said on Tuesday, citing the latest combined polling data.

If elections were held this Sunday, the Fidesz-Christian Democrats alliance would get much better results from the list than in 2014, an analysis by kozvelemenykutatok.hu published in October showed.

Polls released in October showed big variations regarding the difference in popularity between opposition Socialists and Jobbik. Publicus said the Socialists were slightly stronger than Jobbik. Iranytű said Jobbik enjoyed a 7 percent advantage, while Nezőpont said Jobbik received 4 percent more. Zavecz reported 3 percent and Tárki said both parties had 9 percent backing among all voters.

The combined figures showed that the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) enjoyed an average of 4 percent support while green opposition LMP averaged 3 percent. Opposition Együtt received 1-2 percent, while the opposition PM party and the Liberals both received below 1 percent.

Based on list results, the ruling parties would be able to generate around 50 percent backing, Jobbik would probably overtake the Socialists and DK would safely get into parliament by generating 7 percent support, the paper said.

November 8, 2016

Poll shows fewer uncertain voters, lower support among decided voters for Jobbik

Budapest, October 21 (MTI) – The ratio of uncertain voters has decreased and support for nearly all politicial parties increased, except for Jobbik, which lost support among decided voters, daily Magyar Idők said on Friday, citing the results of an October poll by ZRI Zavecz Research.

According to the pollster, the campaign for the Oct. 2 referendum on European Union migrant quotas had a beneficial effect on support for several political parties. Ruling Fidesz increased its support from 26 percent in September to 28 percent in October while support for opposition Jobbik remained unchanged at 13 percent. Support for the opposition Socialists increased by 1 percent from 9 percent in September.

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) increased support from 5 percent in September to 6 percent in October and green opposition LMP remained unchanged at 3 percent. Support for opposition Egyutt dropped by 1 percent to 2 percent, while both the Liberals and Dialogue for Hungary stood at 1 percent. The satirical Ketfarku Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) party also received 1 percent, for the first time.

The ratio of people who said they shunned politics dropped from 37 percent in September to 32 percent in October and the proportion of decided voters increased to 38 percent.

In the latter group, Fidesz enjoyed 49 percent support, while support for Jobbik fell from 22 percent in September to 17 percent in October, while the Socialists received 14 percent.

A total of 8 percent of decided voters supported DK, LMP received 5 percent, Egyutt 3 percent, while the Liberals, Parbeszed, and Ketfarku Kutya received 1 percent each.

October 21, 2016

Referendum – Orbán hails referendum result as ‘outstanding’

Budapest (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hailed the result of Hungary’s referendum on European migrant quotas as “outstanding”, arguing that the number of votes cast for the “no” side had exceeded the number of votes cast in favour of Hungary joining the EU in 2004.

In the referendum on Hungary’s European Union membership, 3,056,000 people voted to join the bloc and now 3,204,000 people voted “no”, discounting the votes cast by ethnic Hungarians living beyond the border, Orbán said.

He said that turnout in the referendum was 15 percent higher than in the last European parliamentary election in 2014. Commenting on the result, the prime minister said: “The weapon will be strong enough in Brussels.”

“We can be proud that we Hungarians were the first and so far only member state in the EU to voice our opinion on the issue of migration. This was the right thing to do. It was the honourable thing to do,” Orbán said.

The question of “whom we will live with; what will become of our culture and our way of life” would be one of the most important in the coming years, the prime minister said.

The question now is how the EU responds to the modern-day “mass migration wave”. The EU’s proposal has been to let migrants in and distribute them among member states, he said, stressing that in the referendum Hungarians had made clear that only they can decide with whom they live.

“Brussels or Budapest. That was the question. And we decided that the right to decide lies solely with Budapest,” he said.

Orbán said the referendum was the first important step of a “long journey” ahead. Hungary would have to fight many tough battles along the way, he added.

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October 3, 2016

The 10 most beautiful Hungarian bridges – Vote for your favourite!

Nlcafe.hu has collected ten of the most beautiful bridges in Hungary. All you have to do is vote for your favourite!

When it comes to bridges, Budapest has an unquestionable advantage, but there are many beautiful ones in other parts of the country as well. Some of these structures are architectural masterpieces in their own right, not to mention their gorgeous surroundings. Click on the arrows to decide which one you like best!

September 3, 2016

Tárki poll indicates firm majority for ruling parties

Budapest, July 27 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat parties have retained their firm voter support according to the latest survey by pollster Tárki, published on Wednesday.

In July the ruling parties increased their support from 27 to 30 percent, among all respondents. Jobbik enjoyed a similar increase and stood at 14 percent.

Across the whole population, the opposition Socialist Party lost 2 percent and stood at 8 percent. Voter support for the smaller parties remained unchanged: the Democratic Coalition (DK) stood at 5 percent, and LMP would have garnered 3 percent of the votes if parliamentary elections were to be held this weekend.

Among decided voters the ruling parties were preferred by 49 percent (up 2pc), and Jobbik by 22 percent (up 2pc). Support for the Socialist Party went from 18 percent to 13 percent. Eight percent would prefer DK, and 4 percent LMP, the Tarki report said.

The proportion of undecided voters stood at 38 percent (down from 43); despite the decline, they still constitute the largest group within Hungary’s voter base, authors of the report noted.

The survey was conducted between July 15 and 24 on a representative of 1,000 voting-age adults.

July 28, 2016

POLL – Fidesz support increases

Budapest, July 27 (MTI) – Support for ruling Fidesz increased by 3 percentage points from June to 31 percent in July among all voters, the latest poll by Nézőpont Institute released on Wednesday shows.

Jobbik lost 1 percentage point from June and had 12 percent support in July. Left-wing parties including the Socialists, DK, Együtt and PM had a combined 17 percent support, Nézőpont said.

The Socialists increased their support by 2 percentage points to 10 percent in July. At the same time, DK lost 2 percentage points and stood at 5 percent. Nézőpont said the changes may be the result of the appointment of new party officials by the Socialists. The impact could be a one-off considering that combined support for the left-wing parties remained unchanged, it added.

LMP maintained its support at 5 percent, and the Együtt and PM parties at 1 percent each.

The poll was made by interviewing a representative sample of 1,000 adults between July 15 and 17.

July 27, 2016

EURO2016 – The Hungarian Gera’s goal was voted best of the tournament – VIDEO

HVG.hu writes that Sky Sports’ online poll about the best goal at the 2016 European Football Championship ended with a Hungarian victory: Zoltán Gera scored a stunning goal at the match against Portugal, and gained 122 thousand votes at the competition.

The online voting poll of Sky Sports aimed to find out who scored the most spectacular goal at the Euros. As the tournament ended the voting also came to an end: Zoltán Gera of the Hungarian national team won, thanks to the 122 thousand votes he got, while the Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri’s bicycle kick goal became the second best, with 29 thousand votes.

The Hungarians played against Portugal on June 22, when, in the 19^th minute of the match the Portuguese headed out the ball and Nani played it backwards where Gera – from a 23 metre distance – took the opportunity and smashed it into the left bottom corner. By the way, it was the very first goal of the match, thus, the Hungarians led 1-0, but eventually the result became 3-3.

Also, earlier on, at the UEFA poll before the goal was chosen best out of the 10 nominees of the elimination round. Furthermore, Sky Sports included it on their list of the best 10 goals of the 50 matches played before the final match of the Euros.

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July 13, 2016

POLL – Party support unchanged with Fidesz lead over opposition

Budapest (MTI) – Support for political parties has remained practically unchanged this month compared with May, with the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance maintaining its lead over the opposition, according to a fresh poll released by the Nézőpont Institute on Wednesday.

Among all voters, support for Fidesz-KDNP stood at 28 percent, radical nationalist Jobbik came second with 13 percent, the Socialists received 8 percent and the leftist Democratic Coalition 7 percent, the poll commissioned by weekly Heti válasz said. In this group, LMP held 4 percent, and Együtt and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) 1 percent each, which is below the parliamentary threshold.

The pollster noted that a unified leftist opposition made up of the Socialists, DK, Együtt and PM with a combined 17 percent support would narrowly beat out Jobbik.

Among decided voters with clear party preferences, support for Fidesz-KDNP was 40 percent, for Jobbik 24 percent, for the Socialists 11 percent and for DK 10 percent. LMP in this camp stood with 7 percent, Együtt with 2 percent and PM with 1 percent.

Nézőpont conducted the phone poll with a sample of 1,000 voting-age adults between June 17 and 19.

June 30, 2016

Euro2016 – Vote for Gera’s goal in UEFA’s Goal of the Round poll – VIDEO

UEFA is hosting a Goal of the Round poll to find the best goal of the group stage, and one of the nominees is Zoltán Gera’s amazing goal against Portugal on Wednesday, index.hu writes. Voting is open until Saturday morning.

All you have to do is to click on this link, scroll down until you find Gera’s goal and click on it, then vote.

Currently the Hungarian player is leading with over 70% of the votes. Among the other nominees are the Slovak Marek Hamsik, the German Bastian Schweinsteiger, the Spanish Álvaro Morata with two goals, and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku as well.

After the thrilling Hungary vs. Portugal match on Wednesday which ended with a 3-3 draw, Hungary finished leading the F group with 5 points.

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June 24, 2016