According to the agreement that von der Leyen concluded with the US President Donald Trump, the United States will impose a 15 % duties on most imported EU products, and Brussels has committed to buy American energy raw materials.
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Orban joined the growing group of critics of the decision, claiming that Brussels could negotiate better contract. “It was not a contract concluded by President Donald Trump with Ursula von der Leyen. Donald Trump ate Ursula von der Leyen for breakfast” – said Orban on Monday morning in his podcast. The Hungarian prime minister is both a long -term critic of Brussels and her leadership, as well as an avid supporter of Trump and his magician program [Make America Great Again, Uczyńmy Amerykę znów wielką].
Orban added that the agreement between the United States and Great Britain is much better than the one obtained by the EU. The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto wrote on Monday to X that the contract is “another signal that Brussels needs new leadership.”
Other eurosceptics – such as the leader of the German far -right AfD party Alice Weidel and the French, far -right politician Marine Le Pen – also criticized the agreement, but they are not alone in this.
“This is a black day when the alliance of free nations, united in defense of their values and interests, agrees to subordination,” wrote Francois Bayrou at the X central prime minister.
Nevertheless, many Europeans It was satisfied with the Sunday agreement and the avoidance of a greater trade warhoping that it will bring long -awaited commercial stability.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a statement that the scenario of the lack of agreement would hit Germany more strongly, and the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melons called the “durable” agreement.
