Hungary: the new dream country for Germans?
Germans are reportedly finding their country increasingly unlivable, prompting many to choose Hungary as their temporary home, with some even planning to live there permanently.
More and more Germans are feeling uncomfortable in their home country due to the radically changing political situation in recent years. According to the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of Germans settling in Hungary has increased by almost 35 percent in the last four years, with local groups already organised in 20 settlements around Lake Balaton. In some regions of Transdanubia, one can now encounter real German-speaking craftsmen and service providers, reports Index.
An article in Nius.de claims that Hungary is the new country Germans are longing for. Their data indicates that the cost of living in Hungary is 46 percent lower than in the German capital Berlin, with fewer taxes to pay. Moreover, Germans are warmly welcomed in Hungary. According to the publication’s figures, around 20,000 Germans migrate to Hungary every year.
Newfound public safety attracts Germans to Hungary
Recently, a letter from a German-speaking woman named Irina appeared in the newspaper. As an emigrant from Berlin, she cited good public safety as one of her reasons for choosing Hungary. She wrote about her personal experiences and the differences between her old and new home:
“Here in Hungary, we were able to go to the swimming pool without fear for the first time in years. You drive 1,400 kilometres and you’re in another world. A world where women don’t have to be afraid when they travel alone. A world where children respect their elders and don’t fight all the time. You only realise what you’ve lost when you suddenly get it back,” Irina wrote, adding that those who can are fleeing “the best Germany ever.”
The letter also reveals Irina’s fear that Germany will never be worth living in again, at least not for Germans. As she puts it: “Those we have fed for years with our taxes, those we have sheltered from war and persecution, hate us and destroy us wherever they can.”
She also notes that “85 percent of children in German schools are now migrants. Those who can afford it take their children out of school and send them to private schools instead.”
In her letter, Irina expressed her view that “a whole new society of exiles across Europe is emerging in Hungary”, where they live together peacefully, without knife attacks, and seek their own livelihoods. “This is multiculturalism in practice, not what these political fools in Germany are trying to make people believe.”
Only now, many Jews have come from all over Europe to Budapest, as Hungary is their last bastion, as I feel. And this makes me really happy,” Irina added.
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