Two new heads of government have joined the European Council’s top table for the first time, as the European Union’s leaders gather in Brussels today for a two-day summit running June 18-19.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar and Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rumen Radev have each taken office since leaders last met, and both are attending their first European Council at a moment when the bloc is wrestling with its next seven-year budget, migration and the war in Ukraine.
Politico has profiled the newcomers, joining a club whose membership turns over every couple of months.
