European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a phone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on November 7, during which they discussed, among other topics, Ukraine, stated von der Leyen shared at an informal European Union summit in Budapest.

The European Union will discuss with the United States the necessity of deterring Russian aggression, which is linked to the situation in the Indo-Pacific. Source: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference following the EU summit in Budapest on 8 November,

Leaders of almost 50 European countries and peripheral nations gathered Thursday in Hungary for the fifth meeting of the European Political Community with relations with the United States under a second Trump presidency.