Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany party's candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany’s far-right party.

Alice Weidel, is expected in Budapest later on Wednesday for talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, less than two weeks before Germany's parliamentary election. Official talks are planned at Orbán's official residence in the former Carmelite monastery in Budapest Castle,

BUDAPEST (AFP) —Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Germany's main far-right party represents the "future" of the EU's largest economy, after hosting the party's top election candidate on Wednesday.

An endorsement from Elon Musk, 5 million euros in financial donations this year alone, and now an invitation to meet Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban: once isolated, the far-right Alternative for Germany has a growing number of friends.