German Chancellor Merz:

The war in Iran is the actual cause of the problems that we are also facing in our own country.

German Chancellor Merz:

I was not surprised by the decision to break off the talks in Islamabad.

From the beginning, I did not have the impression that they were really well prepared.

German Chancellor Merz:

We will continue to feel the consequences of the war in Iran for a long time, even after it is over.

We are preparing ourselves for a prolonged period of significant strain on the German economy, and therefore also on private households.

Kremlin:

The Hungarian people have made their choice, and Russia respects it.

Russia expects to continue contacts with Hungary’s new leadership.

Kremlin:

Russia’s proposal to accept Iran’s enriched uranium remains on the table, but it has not been taken up.

Pope Leo XIV:

I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do.

We are not politicians. We don’t deal with foreign policy with the same perspective he might understand it, but I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.

Source: OSV News

Kremlin:

The Kremlin does not believe Hungary’s elections will affect the situation around the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

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Netanyahu:

Yesterday, I spoke with Vice President JD Vance, who called me from his plane while returning from a trip.

He briefed me in detail, as this administration does daily, on the developments in the negotiations.

He conveyed to me that the central issue for President Trump and the United States is the removal of all enriched material and ensuring that there will be no enrichment in Iran for years to come, possibly decades.

Netanyahu:

Since Iran violated the rules, Trump decided to impose a blockade, a naval siege, and we of course support this firm position.

Netanyahu:

We have alignment with the most powerful nation in the world, and together we have the capability to confront the gravest threats.

Netanyahu:

Israel is at the height of its power.

Netanyahu compares nuclear facilities to extermination camps:

If we had not acted, then places like Natanz, Fordow, and Bushehr would be remembered like Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Sobibor.

EU's von der Leyen:

We need to scale up the homegrown, affordable, reliable energy—this is the wide range of different renewables we have, but it is also the nuclear.

EU's von der Leyen on Hungary:

The people of Hungary have spoken, and they have reclaimed their European path.

Our union is stronger and more united; it was an exceptional evening yesterday.

EU's von der Leyen:

Moving to qualified majority voting in foreign policy is an important way to avoid systematic blockages as we've seen in the past.

We should use the momentum now really to move forward on that topic.

Netanyahu:

The ceasefire with Iran could end quickly.

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Péter Magyar:

We will refrain from interfering in the domestic affairs of any other country.

We ask the same of all countries for Hungary.

Péter Magyar:

Viktor Orbán played such a five-dimensional chess game, and this was probably one of the reasons for his defeat, among others.

He talked about everything: Ukraine, Russia, Iran, the Iranian Shah, the Iranian Ayatollah, the US presidential election.

Probably, if he had been woken from his sleep, he would have said that he won the US presidential election, not Donald Trump.

Viktor Orbán talked about everything except for the problems affecting the Hungarian people.