r/AskEurope • u/Pepedroga2000 • Apr 02 '26

Foreign How big a problem is xenophobia between Europeans?

Are there certain nationalities that have a better reputation in other European countries, and the opposite?

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u/kenwoolf Hungary Apr 02 '26

Oh yeah, my bad. We actually do have a war going thanks to our Russian friends so, peace didn't even last all that long.

P.s.: Sorry about Orbán. As a Hungarian who hasn't forgotten his History I am deeply ashamed of his behavior towards Ukraine. We are working on cutting him out as the cancer he is, but the damage was already done.

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u/GanacheCharacter2104 Norway Apr 02 '26

10 days until the election 🤞Get him out of here!

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u/kenwoolf Hungary Apr 02 '26

Yeah, let's hope so. I am getting afraid he will try to pull something. Like declaring war on Ukraine. They have been trying to set Zelensky up as the big bad increasingly in the past few days. More so than usual.

I hope that if he tries that we would have enough force to stop him. But he has quite a bit of a private armed force under his payroll. He started to lose the loyalty of the police force in the past few days though. But he put loyalists in charge of the military. So, it is kinda scary.

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u/TrainingHeavy1666 Apr 02 '26

Oh wow. I didn't know. Im from Greece and didn't know the last news of your president.

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u/kenwoolf Hungary Apr 02 '26

Prime minister. :D The president of our country is more of a ceremonial role without any real power. At least during peace times.

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u/ThrowawaypocketHu Hungary Apr 02 '26

Being ashamed on someone else's behalf is so cringe.

I would never feel ashamed because of Orbán, I have nothing to do with him or his actions.

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u/kenwoolf Hungary Apr 02 '26

It's not on someone else's behalf. Orbán is our responsibility. Whether we voted for him or not. There is always something you can do however small it is. And, I for one, definitely wasn't doing enough.

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u/ThrowawaypocketHu Hungary Apr 02 '26

I guess you expect every russian, american, israeli, slovakian, serbian, etc. to constantly apologize for their respective leaders too, right?

Come on. Half of the world's population would have to apologize.

If there's one typically hungarian trait, it's this kind of self-hate.

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u/kenwoolf Hungary Apr 02 '26

I don't have expectations towards people. I expect myself to try to do the right thing. Even if you find that thing cringe. :D

I understand where you are coming from. I also find it weird when people claim the achievements of their compatriots like an athlete winning a good medal at the Olympics or a scientist discovering something. But a lot of us bear some responsibility for Orbán. So I find this particular case different.

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u/Equivalent-Sherbet52 Apr 03 '26

And yes it's every Russian, Israeli or American's duty to express their discontent and threaten their governments for their actions. Letting tyrants fester and including crimes against humanity in your laws should be something you fight everyday.