French President Emmanuel Macron attends a joint statement with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 1, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson / Pool via REUTERS
December 7, 2021
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the Visegrad four-country summit on Monday – Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia – the French president said on Tuesday.
Macron will meet Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, who chairs the Visegrad group, and Hungarian opposition leaders, Macron’s office said.
Hungary has invited Macron to attend the summit, which comes as France prepares to take over as President of the Council of the European Union on January 1, the statement said.
It will provide an opportunity for the French President to discuss key European priorities such as climate and digital transformation, strengthening Europe’s defenses as well as policies on asylum and migration, the statement said. said.
(Reporting by Michel Rose, Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Alex Richardson)
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