Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany’s far-right party.

An endorsement from Elon Musk, 5 million euros in financial donations this year alone, and now an invitation to meet Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban: once isolated, the far-right Alternative for Germany has a growing number of friends.

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,

Emboldened by his 'dear friend' US President Donald Trump's return to power, Hungary's nationalist leader has vowed to 'occupy Brussels' by bringing together far-right parties in the European Parliament.

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,

That a European leader has invited the AfD to a meeting suggests cracks are forming in the so-called "firewall" around the far-right.

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.