Viktor Orbán to skip European leaders' summit without goodbye

Published connected 15/04/2026 - 16:53 GMT+2•Updated 16:57

Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán volition not be adjacent week's informal acme of European Union leaders, according to respective EU officials.

Orbán, who was decisively defeated successful Hungary's elections past week, is expected to stay successful bureau until his challenger, Péter Magyar—who won by a landslide—takes bureau successful May.

Officials acquainted with the preparations told Euronews they nary longer expect Orbán to enactment successful the gathering which usually sees goodbye token and ceremony.

Until his defeat, Orbán was the longest-serving subordinate of the Council, having participated successful galore meetings since taking bureau successful 2010.

The past gathering helium attended was past month’s European Council, wherever the usually mild-mannered Council President, António Costa, sharply criticised the Hungarian Prime Minister for vetoing the European Union’s €90 cardinal indebtedness to Ukraine, stating: “Nobody tin blackmail the European Council.”

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