Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the EU has already caused damage, the German foreign ministry said today, Reuters reported.

Budapest took over the rotating presidency on July 1. The Hungarian far right prime minister, Viktor Orbán, fuelled controversy over the past days by travelling to Russia and China without backing from his EU counterparts.

Orbán also met Donald Trump in Florida yesterday.

“We have to see how the Hungarian council presidency continues,” a spokesperson for the German ministry said when asked how Berlin planned to respond to Orban’s recent diplomatic visits.

“We are now on day 12 and it has already caused a lot of damage,” the spokesperson added.