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Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Monday a boycott of next month’s informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Budapest. “We have to send a signal, even if it’s a symbolic signal,” he said in a press conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers. In a post on X, Borrell said “EU Member States overwhelmingly criticized Hungary’s lack of sincere and loyal cooperation” during the foreign ministers meeting. The informal meeting, called a Gymnich, will take place in Brussels instead. It remains unclear what specific consequences the decision may have. The boycott was taken…

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