Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed the German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AFD) and one of its leaders, Alice Weidel, to Budapest on Wednesday. The leader of the Hungarian nationalist right-wing party Fidesz took the opportunity to praise AFD.
It is completely clear that AFD is the future, said Orbán at a press conference in connection with the meeting at the Carmelite Monastery, which serves as Orbán's headquarters.
All other parties in the German Bundestag are turning their backs on AFD politically, and a feeler about cooperation from the conservative CDU sparked strong protests and mass demonstrations. Germany is going to the polls on February 23.
But with Orbán, AFD's representative was welcome, he hopes to see the controversial Weidel as Chancellor and said that the far-right party's political program would benefit Hungary.
