Orban Touts Anti-Ukraine Survey to Boost His Flagging Campaign

Prime Minister Viktor Orban hailed the result of a government survey that showed Hungarians overwhelmingly against Ukraine’s European Union accession, and which critics derided as propaganda aimed at reversing his fading popularity.

Orban said 95% of Hungarians backed his opposition to Ukraine joining the EU in the government’s “national consultation.” The result followed a months-long information campaign vilifying President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, including on billboards put up across Hungary.