Hungarian 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.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hosted the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party, Alice Weidel in Budapest on Wednesday, an unprecedented gesture from a European leader to the AfD,

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.