Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during the Hungary's National Day celebrations, which also commemorates the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg monarchy, in Budapest, Hungary, March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a fierce critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door migrant policy, is to visit her former mentor Helmut Kohl later this month, raising eyebrows among German politicians.
Kohl, a former chancellor and the architect of Germany's reunification, will host the right-wing Orban - who has repeatedly clashed with European Union authorities - at his home in Ludwigshafen on April 19, his office confirmed.
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