It’s a huge kindergarten here,’ says the party’s Alice Weidel, to whom the chancellor won’t speak.

Amassing in the streets of Budapest, Hungary recently have not been eager tourists, ready to gawp at the kaleidoscope of ancient architecture, but with tens of thousands of locals piling into the ...

Experts say CPAC’s global far-right agenda, endorsed by Trump allies, is now extending its reach to South Africa – with former AfriForum leader in the front row.

While the Maga movement in Europe - translated by Viktor Orban into Mega (Make Europe Great Again) - sounds self-confident, it has also endured setbacks, most recently with the liberal mayor of ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk congratulated Germany’s far-right leader Alice Weidel despite her loss to the conservative alliance in Sunday’s election. The influential adviser to United States President ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel saw her far-right party surge in Germany's legislative elections on Sunday with its best-ever showing at 19.7 percent. As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to many to lead Germany's far-right and anti-immigration AfD into Sunday's ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to many to lead Germany's far-right and anti-immigration AfD into Sunday's ...

Weidel with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban. Photograph: Szilard Koszticsak/AP She was born in 1979 into a middle-class family in the Westphalian town of Gütersloh.

Now she extols Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic and xenophobic leader, whom she visited in Budapest on February 11th. Ms Weidel is betting that Germany is becoming ready for this sort of politics.

Midhat Fatimah with AP, dpa 02/13/2025 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.

Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in ...