BRUSSELS – French Commissioner and candidate to succeed him, Thierry Breton, introduced his resignation this morning, Monday 16 September, publishing on X, the previous Twitter, the letter he simply despatched to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. In the letter, the liberal politician cites unspecified “latest developments” and “questionable governance”. The determination comes as Mrs von der Leyen is clearly having issue finalizing her new staff.
The two politicians have had more and more troublesome relations over the previous 5 years. In the spring, the French commissioner publicly highlighted the alleged difficulties of the president in acquiring the help of her motion, the People's Party, within the race for re-election as head of the European Commission. Beyond an apparent private incompatibility, the distinction additionally involved the identical political technique.
From the letter, it’s understood that Mrs. von der Leyen has requested Paris to withdraw Thierry Breton's candidacy. Why? The commissioner speaks of “personal reasons”. The reader is reminded, along with the vicissitudes between the 2, additionally of the gender concern. However, nonetheless within the letter the politician explains that the president had allowed governments that wished to verify their candidate to not undergo her request to acquire two names, a person and a girl, from which to choose.
The sensational and sudden resignation of Thierry Breton confirms the difficulties in forming the brand new faculty of commissioners, additionally because of the selection of the president to have a Commission with an equal variety of women and men. The president is predicted tomorrow, Tuesday 17 September, in Strasbourg to current her new staff to the parliamentary group leaders. It isn’t clear right now whether or not the appointment might be confirmed.
The affair might additionally create tensions in Paris. The appointment of the commissioner is mostly entrusted to the President of the Republic, however in gentle of the most recent legislative elections and the defeat of the presidential get together Renaissance, it can’t be dominated out that the Barnier authorities desires to intervene. In the 2019-2024 Commission, Commissioner Breton, 69, was chargeable for an essential portfolio, from the inner market to business.
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