Hungarians have high opinion of Germany - conference

Hungarians have a high opinion of Germany and they strongly support boosting Hungarian-German relations, analysts said at a conference focusing on perceptions of Germany in Hungary. Citing an October 2018 survey, Daniel Nagy, chief researcher at the Nezopont Research Institute, said on Tuesday that 54 percent of respondents tended to view Germany favourably while 32 percent tended to hold a negative view. The proportion of Hungarians who viewed bilateral ties as good went up to 62 percent last year from 56 percent in 2017, Nagy noted, citing a phone survey by Nezopont.