Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanded, in a letter to the President of the European Commission, made public on Tuesday September 29, the resignation of the European Commissioner responsible for the rule of law, Vera Jourova, who had described Hungary as "
sick democracy
”.
During an interview with the German weekly Der Spiegel and published on Friday, Ms. Jourova, in charge of Values and Transparency, said: “
Mr. Orban likes to say that he is building an illiberal democracy.
I would say: he is building a sick democracy
”.