Meloni will be the only EU leader present at Trump’s inauguration in Washington

The Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni, will travel to Washington on Monday to participate in the inauguration of the new North American President, Donald Trump, being the only leader of the European Union (EU) to be present.

The information was confirmed today to the Lusa agency by several European sources in Brussels, who highlighted precisely the fact that Georgia Meloni was the only EU head of government to participate in the ceremony, at the invitation of Donald Trump, who did not invite any other president of European institutions nor his ally Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.

To the institutional level, none of the senior representatives of the EU institutions received an invitation to Monday’s ceremony, including the presidents of the European Council, António Costa, the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, confirmed the Lusa with community sources.

It is planned that there will be representation at ambassadorial level, according to the same sources.

European Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho told Lusa that the EU ambassador to the United States, Jovita Neliupsien, will be present.

And Orbán?

Regarding the EU heads of government and state, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not participate in the inauguration of his North American ally, according to sources in his office.

According to Viktor Orbán’s spokespersons, Donald Trump would not have invited foreign heads of state or government, nor the Hungarian prime minister himself..

However, the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni, had already told the press in Rome, earlier this month, that she “would gladly go” to the inauguration if her schedule allowed it, now confirming her participation .

Republican Donald Trump, 78, won the November 2024 presidential election in the United States and will take office on Monday.