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according to reuters, the european version of the u.s. "politico" and other media reports, french european commission internal market commissioner breton announced his resignation from the agency on monday (16th) local time, and criticized european commission president von der leyen for "management problems."

on july 18 this year, the european parliament held a plenary session in strasbourg, france, and von der leyen was re-elected as president of the european commission. reuters reported that von der leyen is currently finalizing the list of commissioners for her second term in the european commission, which will be announced this week.

breton data map source: foreign media

the european version of "political news network" stated that french president macron had previously nominated breton to continue his re-election in brussels, but breton has now rejected the nomination. breton accused von der leyen of trying to persuade macron not to choose him behind his back.

it is reported that breton posted a resignation letter to von der leyen on social media x."a few days ago, during the final stages of negotiations on the future structure of the commission, you asked france to withdraw my nomination - (and) for personal reasons you never discussed (this matter) directly with me," breton wrote.

source of von der leyen's profile picture: foreign media

politico europe added that breton also condemned von der leyen in the letter for saying she would offer france a "more influential" choice of post if macron switched candidates - a tactic von der leyen is said to have tried in "smaller eu member states".

"in light of these latest developments - further evidence of management failures - i have been forced to conclude that i can no longer carry out my duties on the committee," breton said.

in response to breton's accusations against von der leyen, reuters said it could not immediately verify the claim, and von der leyen's office and the french presidential palace did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

the european version of the "politico news network" also mentioned that there has always been a rift between breton and von der leyen. in the past five years, the two have clashed many times in private and public. the media said that breton's resignation also means that paris will need to nominate a new candidate.

it is worth noting that breton, the internal market commissioner of the european commission, had written to musk to warn him of the existence of "harmful content" on his social media platform x, but this move was later "clarified" by the european union, saying that this warning move was not authorized by european commission president ursula von der leyen. according to a report by the financial times on august 13, regarding the letter that breton, the internal market commissioner of the european commission, sent to american billionaire musk on the 12th of that month to remind him of the eu's regulations against the spread of "harmful content", the european commission issued a statement on the 13th, denying that breton's move was authorized by european commission president ursula von der leyen, saying that his behavior "violated the rules". "the timing and wording of this letter were neither coordinated or agreed with the (european commission) president nor with the (commissioners)," the european commission said in a statement.

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french media: von der leyen accepts breton's resignation as eu internal market commissioner

according to the latest news from afp on the 16th, a spokesperson for the european commission said:european commission president ursula von der leyen has accepted the resignation of french internal market commissioner breton.earlier, according to reuters, the european version of the u.s. "politico" and other media reports, breton announced his resignation from the european commission earlier on the 16th, effective immediately. in addition, he criticized von der leyen for "management problems."

according to the latest news from afp,"the president has noted and accepted thierry breton's resignation and thanks him for his work as commissioner throughout his term," a european commission spokesperson told reporters.

on the other hand, afp reported thatfrench president emmanuel macron's office said on the 16th that france will propose foreign minister sejourne as a member of the european commission after breton's "shocking resignation".

french foreign minister serjournet file photo source: foreign media

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