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.

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.

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.

AfD candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel's visit to Hungary marks the first time Orban has hosted a politician from the far-right German party.