‘Anyone but him’: Inside Ursula von der Leyen’s long breakup with ...
WEB3 days ago · Ursula von der Leyen had been struggling for weeks to form a new team of European commissioners when she picked up the phone for a fateful conversation with Emmanuel Macron sometime last week. The French president had long since put forward his choice for France’s commissioner in the EU …
Thierry Breton resigns and pulls out of race for European …
WEB4 days ago · The surprise move by Thierry Breton just 24 hours before von der Leyen was to announce her new slate of commissioners came with a personal attack on her management of the EU’s executive, in the ...
France's Breton says he steps down as EU commissioner
WEB4 days ago · World. A police operation is under way after an explosion in central Cologne, the Bild newspaper reported on Monday. French European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday said he'd quit the ...
Thierry Breton, Top E.U. Commissioner, Resigns, Citing …
WEB4 days ago · Thierry Breton, France’s commissioner to the European Union, resigned on Monday, criticizing Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, for what he called “questionable...
France's Breton resigns as EU commissioner in public clash with …
WEB4 days ago · France's powerful European commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday announced he was quitting his role with immediate effect, claiming European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen had sought at the ...
Thierry Breton: France's bulldozer at the EU crashes out
WEB4 days ago · France's Thierry Breton became one of the European Union's most prominent faces in Brussels, gaining the reputation of a disrupter as he clashed with tech giants -- and even his own boss.
France’s next European commissioner: Breton out, Séjourné in
WEB4 days ago · September 16, 2024 11:51 am CET. By Clea Caulcutt, Océane Herrero and Elisa Braun. PARIS — Outgoing French Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné will replace Thierry Breton as France’s nominee for European commissioner, the Elysée said in a statement. Séjourné, who was appointed foreign minister in January, is a close ally to ...
French European Commissioner Thierry Breton resigns, attacks …
WEB4 days ago · BRUSSELS — France's European Commissioner Thierry Breton resigned Monday and accused his boss Ursula von der Leyen of undermining him, calling time on his stint in Brussels and throwing the EU's power transition into disarray.
Breton says he is stepping down as France’s EU commissioner
WEB4 days ago · French European Commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday said he would step down as a member of the EU executive body over a rift with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, alleging that she had ...
A French member of the European Commission ... - Associated Press News
WEB4 days ago · Thierry Breton, a French business executive and commissioner for the EU’s vast internal market who recently clashed with tech billionaire Elon Musk, suggested that von der Leyen had gone behind his back to get another French official named in his place to the next commission.