Hungarians most pessimistic in V4 about future, survey shows

Hungarians are the most pessimistic about the future of their economic situation among the Visegrad Four countries according to a survey released by Czech pollster CVVM on Wednesday.

More than 40 percent of Hungarian respondents expect a deterioration of their economic conditions, as against 36 percent in Slovakia, 25 percent in the Czech Republic and 12 percent in Poland. At the same time, around 20 percent of the people in every country are optimistic about their future.

Nearly 70 percent of the Czech interviewed said the country's current economic situation was bad, as against more than 60 percent in Slovakia, less than 60 percent in Hungary and 35 percent in Poland.

Some 20 percent of Poles said their economy was in a good state. In all other countries, less than 5 percent of the people shared this view.

Hungarians were also most pessimistic in assessing the financial situation of their household, with over 50 percent saying their finances were bad and only 6 percent indicating that they were in a good financial position. Nearly 40 percent of Poles said their household had no financial problems, and more than a third of Czechs and a quarter of Slovaks were also satisfied.

The CVVM survey was prepared last November.

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