“ The political director and adviser to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, said that Hungary seeks to unite with the Czech Republic and Slovakia in order to form an anti-Ukrainian alliance in the EU. Source: Balazs Orbán, political director and adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, comments to Politico Verbatim: “Orbán hopes to team up with Andrej Babiš, whose right-wing populist party won the recent Czech parliamentary elections, as well as Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to agree positions ahead of EU leaders’ meetings, including holding preliminary meetings before the summit”. Details: The publication notes that the creation of a strong political alliance is still far away, but its formation can significantly hinder the EU’s efforts to provide financial and military support to Ukraine. “I think it will happen – and it will be more and more visible,” Balazs Orban said when asked about the possibility of creating an alliance skeptical of Ukraine that would act as a bloc in the Eurocouncil. According to Orban’s representative, this will be the resumption of the so-called Visegrad Group, which included Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, when a Eurosceptic party was in power in Warsaw after 2015. Then-Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki led the alliance, while the V4 group pushed for strong external borders for the EU and opposed any mandatory resettlement of migrants between member states. The Visegrad Four alliance fell apart after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as Poland advocated a tough stance on Moscow and Hungary took the opposite position. The new Visegrad Alliance will have three, not four, members. The current Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, is a supporter of Ukraine and is unlikely to enter into any alliance with Orban. However, Fico and Babis supported the Hungarian leader’s point of view regarding Ukraine, calling for a dialogue with Moscow rather than economic pressure. Babiš has been criticized for his public skepticism about further European aid to Kyiv, and the Czech foreign minister has warned that Babiš will act as Orbán’s “puppet” at the European Council table.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
VIKTOR ORBAN, photo by GETTY IMAGES Source: ppolitical director and adviser to the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán Balazs Orbán in a comment Politico
Literally: “Orbán hopes to team up with Andrej Babiš, whose right-wing populist party won the recent Czech parliamentary elections, as well as Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to agree positions ahead of EU leaders’ meetings, including holding pre-summit meetings.”
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Details: The publication notes that the creation of a strong political alliance is still a long way off, but its formation can significantly hinder the EU’s efforts to provide financial and military support to Ukraine.
“I think it will happen – and it will be more and more visible,” Balazs Orban said when asked about the possibility of creating an alliance skeptical of Ukraine that would act as a bloc in the Eurocouncil.
According to Orban’s representative, this will be the resumption of the so-called Visegrad Group, which included Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, when a Eurosceptic party was in power in Warsaw after 2015.
Then-Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki led the alliance, while the V4 group pushed for strong external borders for the EU and opposed any mandatory resettlement of migrants between member states.
The Visegrad Four alliance fell apart after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as Poland advocated a tough stance on Moscow and Hungary took the opposite position.
The new Visegrad Alliance will have three, not four, members.
The current Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, is a supporter of Ukraine and is unlikely to enter into any alliance with Orban.
However, Fico and Babis supported the Hungarian leader’s point of view regarding Ukraine, calling for a dialogue with Moscow rather than economic pressure.
Babiš has been criticized for his public skepticism about further European aid to Kyiv, and the Czech foreign minister has warned that Babiš will act as Orbán’s “puppet” at the European Council table.