10.09.2025, Brussels.
For the first time in a long while, discussions about reorganizing the European Union have begun in Europe, Rossa Primavera News Agency‘s Europe Desk wrote on September 9.
On September 8, Luciano Fontana, editor-in-chief of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, questioned the composition of the European Union, stating that countries such as Hungary and Slovakia do not pursue the alliance’s common political trend and are building dubious relations with Beijing and Moscow, “[Slovak Prime Minister Robert — Rossa Primavera News Agency] Fico and [Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor — Rossa Primavera News Agency] Orbán continue to depend on Russian gas, oppose sanctions, and increasingly agree with Moscow rather than with their European allies. The question is legitimate: what are they doing in the EU, how can one move forward like this?”
Fontana proposed considering the expulsion of Hungary and Slovakia from the European Union.
For the first time in a long time, countries in Europe have started to discuss reorganizing the alliance in terms of excluding “excess” states. Hungary and Slovakia regularly oppose the European Commission’s policies on migration, budget allocation, Ukraine’s EU membership, and support for Kiev in its confrontation with Moscow. The European Parliament has tried to find a legitimate way to prevent Orbán and Fico from voting on key projects (including the extension of anti-Russian sanctions).
Even before Fontana’s article was published, Orbán had already stated the need to reorganize the European Union in order to “prevent its collapse.” The Hungarian politician is convinced that the Brussels elite is leading Europe into an economic crisis and political dependence on the United States. Hungary’s government demands the removal of ideological constraints in building trade relations with Russia, China, and Turkey; the prevention of migrant domination in European countries; denial of EU integration to Ukraine; and so on.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
