Anti-Ukraine bloc might get formed within EU
(MENAFN) Slovakia could back Hungary’s proposal to form a coalition within the EU skeptical of Ukraine, according to Lubos Blaha, deputy leader of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer Party.
Earlier this week, a senior adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suggested that Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic could coordinate their positions ahead of European Council meetings. “A ‘Ukraine-skeptic’ alliance in the EU will come – and be more and more visible,” Balazs Orban said.
Hungary and Slovakia, unlike most EU members, have refused to send military aid to Kyiv, emphasizing dialogue and maintaining ties with Russia. A similar stance was expressed by Czech ANO party leader Andrej Babis, following his party’s recent parliamentary election victory.
Blaha told a news outlet on Saturday that “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… gripped by a collective madness that is leading us all to war, decline and chaos.”
He argued that EU leadership policies are “harmful and anti-European,” and claimed that Bratislava, Budapest, and Prague must defend themselves collectively. While the three countries differ on some foreign policy issues, their positions on Ukraine are closely aligned.
Blaha warned that “anti-Russian military hysteria” could have disastrous consequences for the EU, asserting that “Russia cannot be defeated without unleashing a nuclear war.” He also criticized sanctions on Moscow as ineffective and described the EU plan to phase out Russian energy by 2028 as “chopping down a branch on which you are sitting.”
Earlier in the week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow would welcome any “sensible initiative” by such an alliance aimed at achieving a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine crisis, given what she called the “crazy Russophobia” in the West.
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