NARRATIVE – Appointed by Emmanuel Macron, the outgoing French commissioner has announced his resignation, denouncing the president's “questionable governance”. Stéphane Séjourné is expected to replace him.
It is a cataclysm in Brussels, in Europe and in the Parliament of Strasbourg, where Ursula von der Leyen must present this Tuesday the organization of her future team. Thierry Breton, the commissioner of the second country of the EU and European weight that is France, formally designated at the end of July by Emmanuel Macron to carry out a second term in Brussels, slammed the door of the European Commission on Monday morning. A clear choice since it is, in his words,“ a resignation with immediate effect ».
He also gives the reasons for his withdrawal in the vitriolic letter sent for the occasion to the President of the Commission and which he himself posted on X. “ A few days ago, in the final stretch of negotiations on the composition of the future College, you asked France to withdraw my name – for personal reasons that you never discussed directly with me. ” he laments, before praising “ the honor…
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