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Sandor Zsiros

Von der Leyen, Costa and Macron head to Budapest in sign of EU-Hungary thaw

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa will travel to Budapest on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. French President Emmanuel Macron will also attend, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who is set to host the ceremony.

The event marks a major thaw in relations between Brussels and Budapest after years of acrimony under his predecessor, Viktor Orbán.

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