Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took a swipe at Ursula von der Leyen, suggesting she "supports terrorism" through the EU's open border policy.
Writing on X after the EU summit, which saw heavy discussion of the bloc's migrant crisis, the Hungarian politician said he hoped "more and more people in Brussels are beginning to realize that there is a completely obvious connection between terrorism and migration".
He added: "Those who support migration also support terrorism."
Von der Leyen has been a vocal supporter of free movement but has faced pushback from right wing parties in the EU in recent months as the global migrant crisis escalates.
Today's summit saw the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis demand more funding for both migration and the climate crisis.
He said: "Greece is a country of first reception and needs more European support to tackle the migration problem."
Mitsotakis added: "It is quite clear that the EU has not allocated sufficient resources to support the countries affected by the climate crisis.”
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also weighed in on the crisis, calling for more respect for Tunisia after the country handed €60 million to the EU as part of a migration deal, accusing the bloc of changing the terms of the agreement.
Meloni said: "We need to have respect, at times this has been lacking toward Tunisia and it created the problems we are seeing."
She accused political figures who described Tunisia as an "unsafe country" are "trying to undermine the EU’s ability to manage migration flows".
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Von der Leyen asked for member states to contribute an additional €66 billion to the EU's budget in order to tackle the growing issues facing the bloc.
She said the bloc was "meeting today in times of upheaval".
Von der Leyen asked for member states to contribute an additional €66 billion to the EU's budget in order to tackle the growing issues facing the bloc
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Referring to the war in Ukraine and the growing number of migrants coming to the EU, she added: "The EU needs to react and act united and resolute.”
"All of this needs funding — and this is why I have proposed a revision of the EU budget, to be able to fund these very important tasks".
