The meeting of EU trade ministers in Budapest on Friday 18 October had a poor showing, with only two ministers making the trip: France’s Sophie Primas and Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel. As agreed several months earlier, the European Commission did not send its European Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, to the event either. The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, did not hold a press conference after the meeting, as is customary.
The Member State...