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Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

On 7 and 8 November 2024, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, travelled to Budapest, Hungary, to participate in the 5th Meeting of the European Political Community, hosted by Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, during the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU. The meeting had the participation of leaders of 24 EU member states and leaders of 18 non-member states, and heads of International Organisations. 
The puurpose of the European Political Community is to foster political dialogue and cooperation to address issues of common interest
strengthen the security, stability and prosperity of the European continentm without an intention to replace any existing organisation, structure or process, nor does it aim to create new ones at this stage.

During this meeting, the leaders discussed Europe’s security challenges, in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, irregular migration and issues related to economic security and connectivity in terms of energy, transport, IT and global trade.On 8 November 2024, Charles Michel chaired the informal meeting of Heads of State or Government of the European Council, also hosted by Viktor Orbán. Following the meeting, they hosted a joint press conference.

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ID P-064727
Date 07/11/2024
Photos 36
Category Report
Tags European Commission - visits made EU relations with a third country Media See more
Personalities Viktor Orbán Kate Fearon Dick Schoof See more
Location Budapest Budapest - Puskás Aréna
Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Handshake between Viktor Orbán, on the right, and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Viktor Orbán, on the right, and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Discussion between Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister, 2nd, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, 3rd and Ursula von der Leyen, 4th (from left to right)

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Emmanuel Macron, on the left, and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, in the foreground

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Handshake between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, on the right and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Handshake between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, on the right and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Group photo with, from left to right, in the 1st row: Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgian Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, Charles Michel, Edi Rama, Albanian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Ursula von der Leyen, Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister, and Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia; in the 2nd row: Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Simon Harris, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Alexander de Croo, Belgian Prime Minister, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Dick Schoof, Dutch Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria, Denis Bećirović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petr Fiala, Czech Prime Minister, and Kate Fearon, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre; in the 3rd row: Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, Luc Frieden, Luxembourgish Prime Minister, Hristijan Mickoski, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister, Vjosa Osmani, President of Kosovo*, Kristen Michal, Estonian Prime Minister, Karl Nehammer, Austrian Federal Chancellor, Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, Andrej Plenković, Croatian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, Portuguese Prime Minister, and Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation; in the 4th row, Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister, Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro, Xavier Espot Zamora, Head of Government of the Principality of Andorra, Luca Beccari, Minister of San Marino for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications, Petteri Orpo, Finnish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, Swedish Prime Minister, Didier Guillaume, Monegasque Minister of State, Evika Siliņa, Latvian Prime Minister, Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania, Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, Daniel Risch, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, and Robert Abela, Maltese Prime Minister  *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the International Court of Justice Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Group photo with, from left to right, in the 1st row: Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgian Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, Charles Michel, Edi Rama, Albanian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Ursula von der Leyen, Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister, and Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia; in the 2nd row: Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Simon Harris, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Alexander de Croo, Belgian Prime Minister, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Dick Schoof, Dutch Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria, Denis Bećirović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petr Fiala, Czech Prime Minister, and Kate Fearon, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre; in the 3rd row: Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, Luc Frieden, Luxembourgish Prime Minister, Hristijan Mickoski, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister, Vjosa Osmani, President of Kosovo*, Kristen Michal, Estonian Prime Minister, Karl Nehammer, Austrian Federal Chancellor, Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, Andrej Plenković, Croatian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, Portuguese Prime Minister, and Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation; in the 4th row, Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister, Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro, Xavier Espot Zamora, Head of Government of the Principality of Andorra, Luca Beccari, Minister of San Marino for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications, Petteri Orpo, Finnish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, Swedish Prime Minister, Didier Guillaume, Monegasque Minister of State, Evika Siliņa, Latvian Prime Minister, Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania, Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, Daniel Risch, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, and Robert Abela, Maltese Prime Minister  *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the International Court of Justice Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Round table with, from left to right, in a clockwise direction, Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Viktor Orbán, Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, and Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), on the right and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), on the right and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, on the left and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Discussion between Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Discussion between Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, on the left, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (in the foreground)

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, on the left, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (in the foreground)

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Greetings between Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Mario Draghi, Special Advisor to Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Mario Draghi, Special Advisor to Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Handshake between Viktor Orbán, on the right and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Press conference with, from left to right, Viktor Orbán, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Press conference with, from left to right, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Press conference with, from left to right, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Press conference with, from left to right, Viktor Orbán, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Ursula von der Leyen

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Hungary

Handshake between Ursula von der Leyen, on the left and Charles Michel, on the right, in presence of Viktor Orbán, in the middle