Commission vice-president Vera Jourova. In an interview with Der Spiegel she called Viktor Orban's Hungary an 'ill democracy' (Photo: European Commission)

EU defends Jourova over Hungary's resignation demand

EU Political

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

The EU Commission defended on Tuesday (29 September) vice-president Vera Jourova against a demand from Hungary for her resignation.

Prime minister Viktor Orban, in a letter to commission president Ursula von der Leyen, said the resignation of Jourova, who oversees EU values, was "indispensable".

The thunderbolt letter came after Jourova said, in an

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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