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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán greets European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Budapest on Friday (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

EU leaders make nice to Orbán after Trump win

EU leaders curried favour with Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán at a summit in Budapest on Friday (8 November), despite strong disagreement on Ukraine.

"We [the EU and US] have to work together, we are allies and friends," said Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, for instance.

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán greets European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Budapest on Friday (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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