Prime Minister Viktor Orban hailed the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an ally who could help "lift the boot" of Brussels from Hungary's chest, welcoming her less than two weeks before a German election.

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister has hosted a German far-right party’s candidate for chancellor – a rare gesture from a sitting European leader toward a party German mainstream politicians are fighting to contain.

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest on Wednesday, less than two weeks before Germany's parliamentary election. "Hungary is the bulwark against illegal migration,

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban met the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party in Budapest on Wednesday. Despite their ideological closeness, Orban has hitherto been careful to keep his distance from the AfD,

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,

It is the first time the Hungarian prime minister is hosting a politician from the far-right German party. The two share an anti-immigration stance and a desire to rebuild Europe's relations with Russia.