Europe · Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Von der Leyen and Costa head to Budapest as EU and Hungary mark a thaw
The Commission and European Council presidents will meet Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar in Budapest on 23 October for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 uprising, von der Leyen's first visit to Hungary since 2024. Magyar's government, in power since April, has broken with Viktor Orbán's line by naming Russia a security threat and backing the opening of four EU accession clusters for Ukraine.
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