Charles Michel tells Viktor Orbán he has ‘no role’ representing the EU on the world stage

European Council president responds to Hungarian PM’s note about his “peace missions.”

European Council President Charles Michel has reprimanded Viktor Orbán over the Hungarian leader’s self-declared “peace missions” to Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing and Washington.

In a letter to Orbán seen by POLITICO, Michel says the “rotating Presidency of the Council [in Hungary’s hands since July 1] has no role in representing the Union on the
international stage and received no European Council mandate to engage on behalf of the
Union.”

Michel adds that he “made this clear even prior to your visit to Moscow and this was subsequently reiterated by High Representative [Josep] Borrell in his statement of 5 July.”