Balázs Orbán announces a skeptical bloc towards Ukraine. He hopes for the union of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to strengthen their positions in the European Union.
In the EU, Hungary is trying to join forces with the emerging Czech government and Slovakia in order to create an alliance skeptical of Ukraine. Balázs Orbán, who is the political director of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s office, said this in an interview published on Tuesday for the Politico portal, TASR reports.
“I think it will come – and it will become more and more visible,” answered B. Orbán when asked if European leaders who are skeptical of Ukraine will act as a bloc at the European Council meeting.
Cooperation with leaders
According to B. Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary hopes to team up with Andrej Babiš, who won the Czech parliamentary elections, and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. His intention is for them to harmonize their positions before the meetings of the European Council. According to him, they could do so at joint meetings.
In this context, the advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister recalled the Vyšehrad Four, which, according to him, worked “very well” during the migration crisis. However, Politico believes that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who is one of the most vocal supporters of Ukraine, would probably not join Orbán, Babiš and Fico.
