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Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

On 23 October 2026, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, went to Budapest, Hungary, for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, where she met with António Costa, President of the European Council, Péter Magyar, Hungarian Prime Minister, Ágnes Forsthoffer, Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, András Baka, President of Hungary, Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgian Prime Minister, Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, Kata Tüttő, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), and Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian Minister for Finance. She delivered a speech before the Hungarian Parliament, paying tribute to the victims of the revolution and highlighting the importance of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, while also referring to Hungary’s reforms, the restoration of access to EU programmes and the need to preserve European unity.
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ID P-070767
Date 23/10/2026
Photos 25
Category Report
Tags European Commission - visits made EU relations with a third country Museum See more
Personalities Jens Stoltenberg Ágnes Forsthoffer Péter Magyar See more
Location Budapest Budapest - Parliament Budapest - Museum of Fine Arts See more
Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the background

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, 1st from the left, visiting the Romanesque Hall, in front of the reconstruction of the ‘Golden Gate’ of Freiberg Cathedral

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Official logo for the commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, featuring the slogan ‘Freedom Unites’ in the centre of the national flag with a hole in it, a historic symbol of the uprising

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Group photo, from left to right: António Costa, Péter Magyar, and Ursula von der Leyen

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Handshake between António Costa, Péter Magyar, and Ursula von der Leyen (from left to right)

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the background

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the foreground

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the foreground

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the foreground

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the background

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the background

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the foreground

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Ursula von der Leyen, at the podium, in the foreground

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Group photo, from left to right: In the 1st row, Péter Magyar, 2nd, Ágnes Forsthoffer, 3rd, András Baka, 4th, Ursula von der Leyen, 5th, António Costa, 6th, Irakli Kobakhidze, 8th, and Jens Stoltenberg, 10th

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Group photo, from left to right: In the 1st row, Péter Magyar, 2nd, Ágnes Forsthoffer, 3rd, András Baka, 4th, Ursula von der Leyen, 5th, António Costa, 6th, Irakli Kobakhidze, 8th, and Jens Stoltenberg, 10th

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of Hungarian and European flags flying above a gathered crowd

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of Hungarian and European flags flying above a gathered crowd

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of the façade of the Hungarian Parliament draped in the national colours during the commemorations of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of the façade of the Hungarian Parliament draped in the national colours during the commemorations of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of the flypast leaving tricolour smoke trails in the sky above Budapest during the commemorations of the 1956 Revolution

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of Hungarian flags flying above a gathered crowd

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Wide shot of a young boy sitting on an adult’s shoulders and waving a Hungarian flag with a hole in it amidst the crowd during the commemorations in Budapest

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Handshake between Ursula von der Leyen and Gergely Karácsony (from left to right)

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Handshake between Ursula von der Leyen and Gergely Karácsony (from left to right)

Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the commemorative event of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Kata Tüttő, Ursula von der Leyen, signing the guest book in front of a charter of the ‘Pact of Free Cities’, and Gergely Karácsony (from left to right)

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