(MENAFN) Hungary is reportedly aiming to establish an anti-Ukraine coalition within the European Union by partnering with Slovakia and the Czech Republic, according to a senior political adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Balazs Orban, unrelated to the prime minister, told a media outlet on Tuesday that Budapest, Bratislava, and Prague should synchronize their positions ahead of EU leaders’ meetings, potentially by holding trilateral discussions before summits.

This proposal follows the recent victory of the right-wing ANO party, led by Andrej Babis, in Czech elections earlier this month.

Throughout his campaign, Babis aligned with the views of Viktor Orban and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, both of whom have resisted sending military assistance to Kiev and have instead advocated for a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict alongside stronger economic ties with Russia.

When questioned about the practicality of a “Ukraine-skeptic” bloc in the European Council, the adviser remarked, “I think it will come – and be more and more visible.”

He also noted that such cooperation “worked very well during the migration crisis. That is how we could resist,” referencing the Visegrad 4 alliance of Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, which in the mid-2010s pushed for reinforced EU external borders and opposed mandatory quotas for asylum seekers.

Although a formal agreement between the three Central European countries “remains some way off,” the media outlet warned that if it were to materialize, it “could significantly impede the EU’s efforts to support Ukraine financially and militarily.”

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