European Union leaders meet in Brussels without Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the first time in 16 years, as Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Gergely Gulyás? (Magyar) joins the summit. Multiple outlets report that Orbán is not present at the main EU session and that his absence marks a break from a long pattern of attendance. While the EU summit proceeds under Hungary’s new representation, Orbán holds separate meetings in Brussels with allies from the far-right, according to reports. The coverage characterizes these meetings as taking place alongside the official EU discussions, rather than within them. The outlets agree on the key circumstances: Hungary is represented at the summit by “Magyar” in place of Orbán, Orbán’s participation with far-right partners occurs concurrently in Brussels, and the summit marks the first time in roughly a decade-and-a-half that Orbán does not attend the EU leaders’ meeting. Beyond these points, the reports provide limited shared detail on the specific policy topics discussed at the summit or the contents of Orbán’s separate meetings.