Alice Weidel pops in to see Orbán after speaking at CPAC about her party being silenced in Germany

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party following her speech at the CPAC Hungary conference on Friday.
AfD is considered so far-right that in early May, the German federal intelligence service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, classified it as a party threatening the constitutional order. The designation of being a "confirmed right-wing extremist endeavour" means that the secret services can more easily obtain permission to monitor the party and its members, tap their phones, install listening devices at meetings and negotiations, and recruit informants within the party. The AfD has challenged this in court.
Speaking at CPAC, Weidel said that "influential politicians have decided to break the AfD, the strongest opposition party in Germany, which will soon become a governing factor in several states in the eastern part of the country". In the 2025 federal elections, AfD received 20 percent of the vote, coming in second behind the CDU-CSU and achieving the best election result in the party's history.
Speaking about Germany, she also said that “the constitution is being manipulated, laws are being circumvented, and the parliamentary opposition is being silenced in the name of combating hate speech, so they could prevent the democratic transfer of power.” According to her, the Germany government is being kept in power by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
Weidel was last in Budapest in February, when she told the Hungarian Prime Minister that he was a role model for them. At the time, speculation arose in the Western press that the AfD might abandon its faction members in the European Parliament (including Hungary’s far-right Mi Hazánk) and join the Patriots for Europe faction, which includes Fidesz. László Toroczkai, the leader of Mi Hazánk made sure to quickly state that the AfD was still their ally, not Fidesz's.
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