In a letter dated Tuesday 16 July, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, reminded the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, that the “rotating Presidency of the EU Council has no role in representing the Union on the international stage and has received no mandate from the European Council to commit itself on behalf of the Union”.
The Hungarian Prime Minister has been criticised for travelling to Russia and China on a ‘peace mission’.
Mr Michel pointed out that...