Confidence in the European Commission has fallen by 5 percentage points among Hungarian respondents in the last six months, but their confidence at 50% is still much higher than the European average of 35%, Eurobarometer said. The European economy is performing well, 37% of Hungarian respondents said, as opposed to the 28% European average.

Twenty-seven percent of the Hungarians said they expected economic improvement in the EU in the next 12 months while only 21% across the community had similar expectations. Four-fifths of Hungarian respondents, however, said also that EU members should cooperate more closely to handle the economic crisis, and most supported closer intergovernmental organisation.

Compared with the majority of European respondents, Hungarians wish to see a stronger and fairer EU, the report said.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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