If we were to ask the average, educated Hungarian compatriot somewhat interested in international affairs: what comes to mind first about the Netherlands? Most would probably answer with football, tulips and that beer with a red star. Then they might add the canals, windmills, red-light district, and of course the legal weed. The more learned might mention Erasmus, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and maybe even Thomas Kempis, Hugo Grotius, or Johan Huizinga.
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PM Orban: Migration Is Pulling Europe Apart
We cannot be forced to unite on issues on which we disagree.