Resignation of Thierry Breton Adds Further Turmoil to EU Commission Formation

Thierry Breton, France’s European Commissioner for the Internal Market, has resigned and withdrawn his candidacy for a future European Commission role. Breton’s decision comes just a day before President Ursula von der Leyen was set to announce her new team of commissioners. He claimed that von der Leyen offered Paris a more influential position in exchange for French President Emmanuel Macron nominating a replacement.

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