(Bloomberg) — The European Commission will downgrade its participation in informal meetings planned by Hungary, which holds the bloc’s rotating presidency, in protest of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s diplomatic forays to Moscow and Beijing.
The chief spokesman for the European Union’s executive arm, Eric Mamer, announced the move Monday evening, saying that it will send senior civil servants rather than commissioners to informal meetings of ministers held in Budapest.
He cited “recent developments marking the start of the Hungarian Presidency” as the reason for the move in a post…
