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Intra-Union agreement: Slovakia will support the idea of an anti-Ukrainian bloc with Hungary and the Czech Republic
Bratislava, Budapest and Prague may jointly oppose Brussels' initiatives to arm Ukraine, deputy head of Slovakia's ruling Smer party Lubos Blaha told Izvestia. The idea of creating such a block is being promoted by Hungary, Politico reported. Prime Minister Viktor Orban is also counting on the support of future Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis, who criticizes the EU and assistance to Ukraine. The potential bloc may expand as the internal problems of the European Union increase, experts say. At the same time, Brussels will not stand aside and will exert pressure on these states. The possible role of the Czech Republic in countering Brussels and the prospects of such an alliance is described in the Izvestia article.
Three EU countries may oppose Brussels
Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic may jointly oppose European initiatives on Ukraine, deputy head of the Smer party Lubos Blaha told Izvestia.
— Joint actions by those who still have a sound mind in Europe are not only possible, but also probable. Despite the fact that Europe is once again, decades later, gripped by a collective madness that is leading us all to war, decline and chaos," he said.
Earlier, Politico reported, citing Hungarian Prime Minister Balasz Orban's adviser, that Budapest intends to form an alliance of skeptics towards Ukraine with Prague and Bratislava. According to him, it will act as a single bloc within the EU.
The initiative to form an anti-Ukrainian alliance in the European Union could be a crushing blow to the Brussels bureaucracy, Pavel Feldman, Candidate of political Sciences, professor at the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, said in a conversation with Izvestia.
Bratislava, Budapest and Prague understand that the current policy of Brussels is harmful and anti—European, and the best thing they can do for their states and peoples is to defend themselves in all possible ways, Blaha pointed out.
— Of course, they will be much stronger if they unite in their efforts. Therefore, this is exactly the scenario to be expected. There is no need to look for any conspiracy, no hybrid war of Russia in this, it will be just a natural manifestation of common sense and political realism," he added.
These countries are sovereign states and can do whatever they want, as long as it does not run counter to the law of the European Union, Pavel Timofeev, Head of the Regional Problems and Conflicts Sector at the Primakov Institute of International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Izvestia. In this case, the EU does not impose restrictions on the policies of these countries.
Czech elections will change its rhetoric on Ukraine
According to Politico, Viktor Orban is counting on the assistance of Andrei Babis, whose Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO) party won the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic in early October. Babis has repeatedly criticized the allocation of funds to help Ukraine, as well as the climate and migration agenda of the European Union.
In particular, he called the "shell initiative", according to which Prague buys ammunition for Ukraine, expensive and opaque, and stated that assistance to Kiev should go through NATO, and not from the Czech budget. Against this background, Western media call him a Eurosceptic with "Trumpist" rhetoric and predict Prague's departure from the mainstream agenda in the European Union.
By November 3, he will form a government with the political forces Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and Avtomobilists. Both parties, like Babis, are right—wing eurosceptics who do not support the current line of Brussels towards Ukraine.
Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, leader of the political movement ANO ("Action of Dissatisfied Citizens") Andrey Babish
The foreign policy directions of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, of course, do not coincide 100%, but the leaders of these three states and, it seems, a number of other influential politicians in Europe definitely hold close positions on the Ukrainian issue, Blaha stressed.
"They can quite soberly calculate how much 1 +1 will be, and therefore independently came to similar conclusions," said Blaha.
In case of consolidation of the country's positions at the political level, they will be able to resist the policy of Brussels, which is directly capable of leading to a confrontation between NATO and Russia. For example, Poland and Lithuania publicly supported Ukraine's entry into the alliance again in June of this year. And this is on condition that Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev's inclusion in NATO would be a "red line" for the Russian Federation.
Anti-Russian military hysteria only brings disaster to Europe, Blaha is convinced. The sanctions failed to break the Russian Federation, and the new packages of restrictions will not affect anything.
— Russia cannot be defeated without unleashing a nuclear war. <...> And abandoning Russian energy resources for the European economy is like chopping down a branch on which you are sitting, — the politician believes.
According to him, subsidizing the corrupt oligarchic elite of Ukraine is a path to hell, and Brussels' attempts to make a remotely controlled "eurofederation" out of the European Union must be rejected in the interests of the peoples of Europe. Orban, Fico and Babis understand this, Blaha stressed.
At the same time, Bratislava has long opposed Kiev's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance, Marian Keri, head of the Committee of the National Council for International Affairs of Slovakia, told Izvestia.
— We (Slovakia. — Izvestia) is against Ukraine becoming a member of NATO. We are absolutely against it. As for its membership in the European Union, we are not against it, but Ukraine must fulfill all the conditions for joining it. In my opinion, this will not happen in 10 or 15 years," said the Slovak politician.
Bratislava also criticizes the EU's decision to ban the import of Russian gas and oil, Keri added.
However, not everyone believes in the ability of Bratislava, Budapest and Prague to resolutely go against EU policy. According to Ivan David, a member of the European Parliament from the Czech Republic, they are unlikely to initiate a split within the union, although they can stick together on foreign policy issues.
The Alliance's prospects
As the economic problems of the European Union deepen, the potential anti-Ukrainian bloc may expand. First of all, at the expense of countries opposed to providing military and financial assistance to Kiev to the detriment of national interests, Feldman stressed.
Romanian presidential election, November 21, 2024
— In fact, we are talking about the formation of an intra-European fronde that will become a powerful opposition to Ursula von der Leyen and her team of globalists. However, in response to the consolidation of eurosceptics, official Brussels may launch an information and power campaign aimed at pacifying them," the expert noted.
For example, in November 2024, Romania held presidential elections, in which, unexpectedly for the EU, Calin Georgescu won in the first round. A few weeks later, the country's Constitutional Court annulled the results due to alleged "hybrid Russian interference," and in May 2025, during a repeat vote, Georgescu was not allowed to participate in the elections. As a result, the pro-European candidate Nikushor Dan became president.
The case is notable for the fact that Georgescu called Ukraine a fictional state and predicted its partition. He also promised to stop the transit of Ukrainian grain through Romania, stop military aid to Kiev and not comply with NATO commitments to increase defense spending. By the way, Romania is considered the main transit country of weapons for Ukraine, so it was extremely important for the EU to put its "own" person in power.
Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Hungary in April 2026. Orban has already publicly accused the EU of trying to "impose a puppet government" in the country, and describes the upcoming election campaign itself as a choice "between peace and going to die for Ukraine." The country's Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, reported that Brussels was putting pressure on Budapest and interfering in its internal politics.
—The EU leadership will make every effort to change the government in a recalcitrant country," says Feldman.
Against the background of growing contradictions, the West is ceasing to be collective before our eyes, the expert concluded.
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