Former Commission deputy boss Vera Jourová: 'The US scares me'

Vera Jourová, who oversaw rule of law and values during her time at the European Commission, has told Euronews that the current US administration worries her more than the threats posed by Russia or China. Last Friday, Hungary's new government struck a deal with Brussels to unlock billions of euros in EU funds that had been frozen over concerns about corruption and rule-of-law violations.

• According to Jourová, some of the most difficult reforms will involve strengthening judicial independence and rebalancing powers within Hungary's justice system.
• I meet many Western Balkan people and they are fed up with being in the waiting room for 20 years," she said.
• European taxpayers were urging us in the Commission to do more to protect the money going to Hungary, not to pay gifts for Viktor Orbán's family and friends," she said.

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