Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated " we are not a mixed race and we do not want to become one either." The Hungarian prime minister articulated this sentiment in a speech at Balvanyos Summer University. This rhetoric is nothing new from his government. Orban has expressed disdain for immigration and non-European peoples. The migration crisis has provided the far-right the ability to gain more political power. Orban has articulated that Europe is being replaced by non-white people. European countries have grappled with various forms of de facto segregation. France and the UK are guilty of this with much of its African, Asian, and Arab populations being marginalized. This also has a religious intolerance dimension with Muslims facing Islamophobia. The only way Europe can have stability is through racial integration. The conservatives of Hungary rejects this and chose to believe that Hungarians have some form of racial purity. The fixation comes from either fear, hate, or intolerance of those who are different. The EU does not favor Prime Minister Orban. Much of the criticism directed at him is not due to his racism, rather his alliance with Russia. Hungary did condemn the invasion, but is not willing to break off ties to the Russian Federation. Orban is one of President Vladimir Putin's close allies. Orban's race mixing comment shows how xenophobic nativist nationalism has become more mainstream.
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