I think we ought to make a distinction between what the asshats in different governments proclaim, and the sentiments of ordinary Europeans...I was in southern Europe late July through first week of August...12 days altogether. Every single tour guide daughter and I listened to addressed the crushing tide of "migrants" in their various countries. We were in Croatia, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Monaco, France and Spain. Do youall realize how difficult it is to book a southern Med cruise without a port call in some islamic dominated hellhole? It was rough. Anyway, none of the regular folks I spoke with in the restaurants, stores, etc., were at all thrilled with the human flotsam washing ashore thanks to the internal religious driven terror within their countries. I admire the Hungarians for taking a stand. I could be wrong, but am fairly confident their government was a whole lot less critical of Arizona when she attempted to implement some basic border safety procedures. Total disclosure: my mom's parents came, separately, from Hungary with their families in the 1920's. They came LEGALLY, without US welfare aid or "language" assistance. The horde swarming across our southern border doesn't even have the excuse, as do these Muslim asylum seekers, of an immediate threat to life or limb as do the masses storming European beaches.
Hungary's stand against being overwhelmed by Muslims is admirable. As for the German government's (Merkel's) admonition for all the EU to share the burden, well, having lived for 9 years in Germany in the 80's and 90's, even back then it was impossible to find a regular citizen who wanted to admit even MORE un European migrants. As for the age old question of how these politicians get elected in the first place, maybe the answer lies in the uberliberal cities, whether in Europe or the USA. I sure as hell never pulled the lever for some asshole bleeding heart pol, but apparently my vote wasn't amplified by a factor of 10 or whatever measure the libs use to stuff the ballot box.
I truly believe that the rise of Sanders, Fiorina, Trump and Carson represents the revulsion and revolution against politics, and politicians, as usual.
We've met the European liberals, and they are our liberals. Which proves that liberals are idiots totally detached from reality even if separated by an entire ocean.