In Italy, the social-democratic Partito Democratico (PD) has agreed on a pact with the small center parties Azione and +Europa in the current election campaign.
A first alliance has thus formed in the centre-left camp against the centre-right bloc, which is currently far ahead in the polls.
"The next election is a choice between an Italy among the big European countries and an Italy allied with Orbán and Putin," read the agreement, which the parties published in Rome on Tuesday.
The parties agreed to continue the foreign and defense policies of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's current government.
With the expansion of renewable energies, the alliance wants to make the country less dependent on energy supplies from Russia.
It also wants to introduce the minimum wage provided by the EU, as the two top candidates Enrico Letta (PD) and Carlo Calenda (Azione) made clear.
In order to be able to compete with the centre-right bloc made up of the Fratelli d'Italia (about 24 percent), the right-wing Lega and Forza Italia, which are currently leading in the polls, the PD and Azione/+Europa need other allies.
The PD would currently be the second strongest force with around 23 percent.
But the approximately five percent of Azione/+Europa is not enough to pose a threat to the centre-right camp.
Around 40 percent of those currently polled are still undecided or do not want to vote on September 25th.
The snap general elections were called after Italian President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on July 21 following Draghi's resignation.
The doors are open to everyone, Calenda explained.
So there could possibly also be talks with the controversial former prime minister and former PD chairman Matteo Renzi and his splinter party Italia Viva.