The news portal Hírszerző writes on the irrelevance of the European elections in the eyes of Hungarian voters:

“Next Sunday we will vote Hungarian MEPs to the European Parliament. In general that’s about all we know about the matter.

… 24 percent of elegible Hungarian voters, for example, haven’t even got wind of the vote.

… This election will clearly not do justice to its function. The European Union is not a state, but a postmodern political organisation, meaning it lacks a true government in the traditional sense.

… A parliament can’t make up for this deficit. That means that the European elections will not carry too much weight. All of the parties will make use of them to suit their own interests, no doubt most frequently as a large-scale domestic opinion poll.”