I fully understand your feelings. I planned to fly in Austria, but the way of flying legally (and the yearly (?) cost of 247 Euro + taxes) made me sad. I dream for a long time to take nice drone videos in Hungary, so I am really excited what the new regulation will be. From the published draft, for flying typical hobby drones (between 250 g and 2 kg) you will need to pass an online course with the flying rules and need to have an insurance. But these rules will apply only for unpopulated areas. For flying in cities like Budapest, you will need a special permission anyway.
Until then I watch others' records like these
etc.
The EU started to change the regulation, too. (See
here and
here, latest news for example
here and
here) Until now, every drones and flying objects under 150 kg are regulated on national level, therefore in the EU there are 28 different laws (plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and other non-member states), and if you are a tourist or you travel through Europe, not easy to follow how can you fly legally. The goal is, that the rules will be unified and easy to follow. But this will take a longer time...
Cheers,