More than a Quarter of Hungarians Find Corruption Acceptable: We Tend to Be More Lenient Towards Ourselves

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These are among the findings of the Integrity Authority's groundbreaking research, Tiszta úton, which was presented at CEU on Thursday. The roundtable discussion after the presentation discussed the following: corruption is practically a folk tradition in Hungary, but the situation is not completely hopeless.

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Hungarians are not indifferent to corruption, but they fear retaliation and see that the state is unable to protect them, so they do not report it. Sociologist Andrea Szabó also spoke at the Integrity Authority event about whether it is corruption when we do not ask for an invoice from the mechanic, and what could be the impact of the long-standing attitude in Hungary breaking down. The authority also asked company managers, and Mfor found out w…

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Let's solve it smartly! - surprising research on corruption, Hungarians are okay with it - We perceive corruption, but we often look the other way.

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In 2025, after inflation and the health situation, the Hungarian population saw corruption as the biggest problem. Mostly on the part of the government, people believed the abuse of power. Only a quarter of Hungarians would indicate if they experience corruption, for fear of reprisals or because they do not know if it would have consequences for those affected. The vast majority don't even know where to turn.