The French foreign minister is nominated for commissioner
Stéphane Séjourné, Foreign Minister of France, is nominated to become the new EU Commissioner. This is reported by AFP.
He "fulfills all the necessary criteria", according to the Élysée Palace, which highlights his previous experience of leading the liberal Renew group in the European Parliament.
It is also added that he should pursue a line similar to representative Thierry Breton's focus on "industrial and technological sovereignty and European competitiveness".
The Macron loyalist, 38-year-old Séjourné, became France's youngest ever foreign minister in January this year.
Stéphane Séjourné, Foreign Minister of France, is nominated to become the new EU Commissioner. This is reported by AFP.
He "fulfills all the necessary criteria", according to the Élysée Palace, which highlights his previous experience of leading the liberal Renew group in the European Parliament.
It is also added that he should pursue a line similar to representative Thierry Breton's focus on "industrial and technological sovereignty and European competitiveness".
The Macron loyalist, 38-year-old Séjourné, became France's youngest ever foreign minister in January this year.
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Earlier Monday, Breton announced he was leaving the commission in protest.
"A few days ago, in the final stage of the negotiations [...] you [Ursula von der Leyen] asked France to withdraw my name - for personal reasons that you in no way discussed with me," he wrote, among other things, in a open letter addressed directly to EU Commission President von der Leyen.
Commissioner resigns – in protest against von der Leyen
French EU Commissioner Thierry Breton is leaving the commission in protest, he announces via X.
According to Breton, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, should have asked France to replace him.
"A few days ago, in the final stage of the negotiations [...] you asked France to withdraw my name - for personal reasons that you in no way discussed with me," he writes, among other things, in an open letter that is directed directly at von der Leyen.
The announcement comes in connection with von der Leyen finalizing her list of commissioners after this summer's EU elections, writes Reuters.
"A few days ago, in the final stage of the negotiations [...] you [Ursula von der Leyen] asked France to withdraw my name - for personal reasons that you in no way discussed with me," he wrote, among other things, in a open letter addressed directly to EU Commission President von der Leyen.
Commissioner resigns – in protest against von der Leyen
French EU Commissioner Thierry Breton is leaving the commission in protest, he announces via X.
According to Breton, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, should have asked France to replace him.
"A few days ago, in the final stage of the negotiations [...] you asked France to withdraw my name - for personal reasons that you in no way discussed with me," he writes, among other things, in an open letter that is directed directly at von der Leyen.
The announcement comes in connection with von der Leyen finalizing her list of commissioners after this summer's EU elections, writes Reuters.
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