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xinhua news agency, brussels, september 16 (reporter zhou yue and zhang zhaoqing) thierry breton, the french commissioner for internal market of the european commission, announced his resignation on the 16th and accused european commission president von der leyen of "governance problems."

breton published a letter to von der leyen on social media that day, saying that von der leyen put pressure on france to withdraw breton's candidacy "for personal reasons" during the final negotiation stage of the new european commission. in political exchange, von der leyen promised france a more influential commission position.

breton, who has served as european commissioner since 2019 and is france's candidate for the next european commission, said in the letter that the latest developments further proved that "governance is a problem" and therefore he could no longer serve as european commissioner.

on the 6th of this month, tomáž vessel, former president of the slovenian court of audit, announced his withdrawal from the eu commission election, saying that he and von der leyen "have different views on how the european commission should operate." according to multiple slovenian media reports, von der leyen had pressured slovenia to change its candidate because she was dissatisfied with vessel's political strength and hoped that there would be more female members in the european commission.

on july 18 this year, von der leyen was re-elected as president of the european commission by the european parliament. after that, she set about forming a new european commission. according to eu regulations, each member state should nominate a candidate for the european commission, and the candidate must be approved by the european parliament. (end)