Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said in a post on social media on Monday that the tariff deal between the European Union and the United States reached over the weekend provided further evidence that an urgent leadership change in Brussels is needed, as the deal could have happened earlier.
"The von der Leyen-led Commission has caused serious damage to the European economy in recent years, compounded by its struggles in tariff matters," Minister Szijjártó said.
"The European Commission should have reduced the four-fold tariffs on the United States in January, and then another serious blow to the European economy could have been avoided," he added.