Given all the divisions we have here at home it is amazing how folks view European nations as though all citizens speak, think, and act alike.
I've spent a fair bit of time in Europe in the last couple of years, mostly in Germany, Spain & Scandanavia. People that I've met are as diverse in their views and opinions as what we see here in the U.S. Folks would do themselves some good to spend some time in that part of the world before making broad generalizations about their views.
Somehow I don't think they've changed much since then.