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EU shuns Budapest meetings, as Hungary's rotating presidency whirls on

4 min read Hungary, Boka, Dobrev, Frieden, Jinping, Magyar, Metsola, michel, Nehammer, Orban, Putin, Schoof, Szijjarto, von der Leyen, Zelenskyy

Despite only starting its EU rotating presidency on 1 July, Hungary has already made it one of the more memorable of these ordinarily uneventful 6-month tenures. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban spent the first week of his presidency on a self-styled “peace mission”, when he visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

Pavel wants Czechs to play key role in Western response to resurgent China

2 min read Czech Republic, Economy, China, czechia, European Commission, European Parliament, Metsola, Pavel

Czech President Petr Pavel called for a “joint and balanced” strategy between the US, Europe, and other democracies to address China’s growing economic and political power while avoiding divisive lines between them, on Friday 21st April. During a visit to Brussels, Pavel discussed EU-US-China relations with European Council President