Alice Weidel, leader of the AfD. Photo: Kay Nietfeld / DPA
The leader of the German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, will visit Budapest next week to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. This was reported by the DPA news agency on Monday.
Weidel, who is the AfD’s candidate for the post of German chancellor in the 23 February snap election, confirmed the upcoming meeting in a post on social media site X.
“Thank you for the invitation, Prime Minister (Viktor Orban). I look forward to our meeting,” she wrote.
According to Orban, it was Weidel who initiated the talks. In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the Hungarian prime minister said he saw no reason to refuse to meet with the AfD leader.
“The AfD could get 20% of the vote. If its leader wants to talk to me, why not? If Olaf Scholz (German Chancellor) called, I would meet with him as well. But for now, there is no threat,” Orban said.
According to AfD spokesman Daniel Tapp, a meeting between Weidel and Orban is scheduled for 11-12 February in Budapest.
