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European Union flags line a red carpet at the arrival area during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Pressure mounted on Hungary on Monday not to veto the opening of European Union membership talks and the supply of economic aid to war-torn Ukraine at a pivotal EU summit this week, after Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanded that the issue be struck from the agenda. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)