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Hungary Seeks to Form Anti-Ukraine Alliance to Block EU Military and Financial Aid to Ukraine

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before their meeting at Palazzo Chigi, on October 27, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Source: Getty Images)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before their meeting at Palazzo Chigi, on October 27, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Source: Getty Images)

Budapest is actively seeking to partner with the Czechia and Slovakia to establish Ukraine-skeptic alliance within the European Union, a move explicitly aimed at coordinating opposition to supporting Ukraine.

Balázs Orbán, the Political Director to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, confirmed this strategy, as reported by Politico on October 28. Viktor Orbán hopes to join forces with Czech political leader Andrej Babiš, whose right-wing populist party recently won the Czech parliamentary elections, and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

The formation of this alliance, though “remains some way off,” could significantly undercut the EU’s ongoing efforts to provide crucial financial and military aid to Kyiv.

“I think it will come—and be more and more visible,” Balázs Orbán stated when asked about the potential for the anti-Ukraine bloc.

He drew parallels to an earlier configuration of the Visegrád Group, which involved Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland: “It worked very well during the migration crisis. That’s how we could resist.”

If realized, the new anti-Ukraine Visegrád alliance would consist of three nations, not four. Poland’s center-right Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, remains a staunchly pro-Ukrainian leader and is unlikely to join any alliance led by Viktor Orbán.

According to Politico, previously, both Fico and Babiš have publicly echoed the Hungarian leader's rhetoric, specifically calling for dialogue with Moscow instead of maintaining economic pressure. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has already cautioned that Babiš could act as Orbán's “puppet” at the European Council table.

However, the reformation of this bloc may take time. While Fico was re-elected in 2023, he has not yet formalized a union with Orbán, and Babiš has yet to form a government following his electoral victory.

Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that his administration is taking steps to bypass recent US sanctions imposed on key Russian oil companies.

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