{"id":8380,"date":"2022-10-18T11:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:58:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:32","slug":"despite-recent-political-clashes-most-people-in-poland-and-hungary-see-the-eu-favorably","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/10\/18\/despite-recent-political-clashes-most-people-in-poland-and-hungary-see-the-eu-favorably\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite recent political clashes, most people in Poland and Hungary see the EU favorably"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hungarian men dance with EU and Hungarian flags in May 2004 in Budapest, Hungary. (Attila Kisbenedek\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The governments of Poland and Hungary \u2013 both controlled by right-wing populist parties<\/a> \u2013 have clashed with the European Union over myriad issues in recent months, including the independence of their media<\/a> and judiciaries<\/a> as well as sanctions against Russia<\/a>. Despite these and other disputes, the Polish and Hungarian people express largely positive views of the EU<\/a>, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At least eight-in-ten adults in Poland and six-in-ten in Hungary say the EU promotes peace, democratic values and prosperity. Most in Poland also feel the EU respects their country\u2019s values, understands the needs of Polish citizens and treats Poland fairly, though considerably fewer in Hungary say the EU does the same for their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both countries, sizable shares of the public see the EU in a negative light on one measure: 44% of Poles and 42% of Hungarians see the EU as intrusive. A similar share of Hungarians (41%) say the EU is inefficient,<\/ins> though just 13% of Poles agree.<\/p>\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>