Orbán Seeks To Revive Visegrad Alliance

Hungary is seeking to forge a new political alliance within the European Union alongside Czechia and Slovakia that would challenge Brussels’ pro-Ukraine stance, according to Balázs Orbán, senior advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister. The goal is to slow the EU’s multi-billion-euro policy in favor of Ukraine and give a stronger common voice to the skeptical states within the bloc. PM Viktor Orbán’s political director confirmed that Budapest wants to “join forces” with its regional partners to create a “stronger common voice” in Brussels. “I think it will come—and be more and more visible,” he said, adding that the group hopes to revive the spirit of the “Visegrad 4,” which once united Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, and Poland in opposition to mandatory EU migration quotas during the 2015 migrant crisis, which worked very well.