EU summit: As in 1956 and 1989, von der Leyen compares Hungarian election to standing up to the Soviet regime

Ursula von der Leyen gives a special greeting to the Hungarian people at a press conference in Brussels.

"You have done it again, against all odds. Just like in 1956 when you bravely stood up against the Soviet invasion, and like you did in 1989 when you were the first to cut the barbed wire before the fall of the Berlin Wall," she said after the election loss of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party.

The EU leader promises to cooperate with Hungary's new Prime Minister Péter Magyar "as soon as possible", but it is unclear what this means for disbursements of the EU's 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine - which Orbán's government has stopped.

Let him take office first, von der Leyen said.