“I do not wish to suggest that mixed marriages are unimportant, but their role should not be overstated. These relationships alone do not resolve tensions among the ethnic groups of Central and Eastern Europe. In Western Europe, by contrast, researchers view mixed marriages in a distinctly positive light. There, such relationships facilitate the social integration and assimilation of immigrants and noticeably improve their social status. Immigrants in mixed marriages are more readily accepted by the majority society and enjoy greater respect. The social status of children born into such marriages likewise becomes largely indistinguishable from that of children belonging to the majority population. The same cannot be said, however, of minority–majority mixed marriages in Eastern Europe."
– The Hungarian Academy of Sciences interviewed Karolina Lendák-Kabók, Reserach Group Leader of the MTA Momentum Research Group MIXED, supported by the Momentum (Lendület) Programme and hosted at the ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences.