Opposition would not benefit from joint list, says Nezopont

The opposition parties would lose a third of conservative Jobbik supporters and a fifth of leftist supporters if they were to run on a joint list for the European parliamentary elections, according to a survey by think-tank Nezopont Institute published on Friday. The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats (KDNP) would get 54 percent support, Jobbik 14 percent and the left-wing parties a combined 26 percent if every party were to run on separate lists, the survey showed. However, if the opposition ran on a joint list, then Fidesz-KDNP would get 60 percent and the "rainbow coalition" 33 percent, Nezopont said. As many as 33 percent of Jobbik supporters and 20 percent of left-wing supporters said they would not cast their votes in the case of an all-opposition list, it added.