EU Gymnich Meeting

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - AUGUST 29: Belgium Minister of Foreign, European Affairs and Foreign Trade Hadja Lahbib (L) talks with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation Jose Manuel Albares Bueno (C) and the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock (R) prior to the start of an Informal meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the Europa Building on August 29; 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Due to the Hungarian Prime Minister's controversial trips to Moscow and Beijing, the 'Gymnish' is being held in Brussels and not in Budapest as a "symbolic signal" to the Hungarian Presidency of the EU. These trips, as well as declarations clearly contrary to the common line displayed by the EU since the start of the war in Ukraine, disrupted the start of the 6 months of Hungarian presidency. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)