Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has welcomed the election victory of the far-right party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, speaking of a great evening for Germany and Europe, writes Focus.
"A magnificent evening for Germany and Europe!", the right-wing politician wrote yesterday, Sunday, in X. "Congratulations to Alice Weidel, Ulrich Sigmund and the entire AfD on their crushing victory in Saxony-Anhalt! Get ready. This is just the beginning!
Viktor Orbán ruled Hungary for 16 years, using methods that his critics described as increasingly authoritarian, before suffering a heavy defeat by conservative Péter Magyar in the parliamentary elections on April 12.
Orbán maintains ties with right-wing conservatives and populists around the world, including the AfD, whose leader Alice Weidel visited him several times in Budapest when he was prime minister.