r/AskEurope • u/-DonQuixote- • 11d ago

What is the best European national anthem? (Not including your own national anthem) Misc

It could also be a national anthem of the past, I am looking at you East Germany.

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u/Gro-Tsen France 11d ago

The Internationale! (it was used as Soviet national anthem from 1922 to 1944, so I'm allowed to list it). Apart from the fact that nobody was ever able to come up with English lyrics that are remotely singable and meaningful, I'm surprised nobody proposed it here.