Menczer condemns ‘attack’ by Ukrainian journalist on government’s Vote 2025 survey

Tamás Menczer, Fidesz communications director, has condemned an “attack” by a Ukrainian journalist on the Hungarian government’s Vote 2025 public survey on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.

In a post on Facebook, Menczer said Serhiy Sydorenko, “[Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky’s favourite journalist”, had said that the Vote 2025 initiative had “nothing to do with the real opinion of the Hungarian people”. He said Sydorenko was in agreement with the opposition Tisza Party’s claim that the result of the Vote 2025 survey was “fake”.

“It’s clear as day that Zelensky and Tisza are colluding with each other,” Menczer said. He cited Sydorenko as saying that Zelensky wanted a change of government in Hungary because Tisza and its leader, Peter Magyar, were in favour of giving Ukraine EU membership.

He said the Vote 2025 survey was under “constant attack”. “Zelensky doesn’t like the fact that this is Hungary and not Ukraine, and that he doesn’t get to call the shots here,” Menczer said. “The sovereigntist Orban government and the political community of the Fidesz-Christian Democrats behind it will defend the decision of the Hungarian people against every attack,” he added.