Szijjarto: Hungary govt communication with citizens most extensive in EU

No other member state of the European Union has probed the opinion of its citizens as often as Hungary, "which discredits all criticism on the state of democracy in the country," Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference on the Szazadveg Institute's Project Europe research, which surveyed the citizens of 28 member states on "issues that most affect the future of the EU". Szijjarto said the Hungarian government had integrated the results of its national consultation surveys into decision-making. Hungary sees democracy as a form of governance where the country is lead according to the will of the people, on their mandate, he said.