Thierry Breton is a French business executive and commissioner for the EU’s vast internal market who recently clashed with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

This comes after French commissioner Thierry Breton resigned, accusing commission chief Ursula von der Leyen of undermining him - Anadolu Ajansı

The French candidate for the next European Commission and current EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton resigned in a suprise move on Monday by posting a letter on X. Breton claimed in his letter that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked France to nominate another person in exchange for "an allegedly more influential portfolio for France" in the commission.

The European Union's top regulator of the bloc's 27-country internal market, France's Thierry Breton, quit Monday accusing European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen of "questionable governance.

France picked Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne as its new candidate for the next European Commission as the incumbent, Thierry Breton, abruptly quit on Monday with tough words for the EU's re-elected executive chief Ursula von der Leyen.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen nominated France's Stéphane Séjourné on Tuesday to be an executive vice president for industrial strategy in her next commission. Séjourné, the outgoing French foreign minister,

France's powerful European Union commissioner Thierry Breton abruptly resigned with a parting shot at the bloc's chief on Monday, in a dramatic upset the day before Ursula von der Leyen

President Emmanuel Macron is in talks with the European Commission to carve out a new, more powerful position for France that would see his nominee overseeing all of the bloc’s efforts to boost its competitiveness.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to announce her new leadership team to the European Parliament on Tuesday amid the angry and abrupt resignation of France's Thierry Breton. The former EU internal market commissioner said that von der Leyen asked Paris to nominate another person in exchange for "an allegedly more influential portfolio for France" in the EU executive arm in a resignation letter on X.

Breton announced his resignation in a toughly-worded statement as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen-whom he accused of "questionable governance"-prepares to announce this week who will be part of her new five-year team.