The visit comes as US Air Force General Alexus G. Grynkewich, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, is in Budapest, where he was received at the US Embassy. Grynkewich has recently said that NATO needs every ally to be a reliable partner, while Magyar has pledged that Hungary will once again be a “reliable ally” in both the European Union and NATO since taking office. The main focus of Magyar’s Brussels trip is expected to be Friday’s meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on frozen EU funds. Brussels has withheld €10.4 billion from Hungary’s post‑pandemic recovery allocation over rule‑of‑law and anti‑corruption concerns under Viktor Orbán’s government, with an August 31 deadline looming to meet the conditions for accessing the money. Magyar hopes to secure a political agreement similar in spirit to the one reached with Poland, after the EU moved to restore Warsaw’s access to recovery funds following rule‑of‑law reforms by its new government.