European leaders have gathered at a summit in Hungary. This is the first such meeting since the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, which will have very serious consequences for Europe.

European leaders attempted an awkward balancing act on Thursday, stressing their security independence while also highlighting the importance of economic ties with the United States after Donald Trump roared to a comeback victory in the US presidential elections.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will host dozens of European leaders in Budapest later this week boosted by his "dear friend" Donald Trump's US election victory, but with relations with