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> Thierry Breton, who's just resigned as Commisioner today Lol. Apparently he's blaming VdL. Can't say he'll be missed
by raverbashing 2y ago
> Thierry Breton, who's just resigned as Commisioner today
Lol. Apparently he's blaming VdL. Can't say he'll be missed
- mytailorisrich 2y agoOn the other hand, this is the sorry state of play, apparently: "...von der Leyen's attempt to form a gender-balanced College of Commissioners. So far countries including Slovenia and Romania have withdrawn male candidates under pressure from von der Leyen, replacing them with women." "Breton accused von der Leyen of offering France a more influential portfolio if Macron switched candidates, a tactic she has reportedly tried with smaller EU member countries." [1] But, again, he was gunning for the top job and didn't get it, and France finally has a new PM who is to form a new government, so perhaps he feels this is a right time for him to leave and, who knows, reappear in the new French government. Back to the point, I think Breton and the EU were also seeing Musk and X as good targets that served there ambitions. [1] https://www.politico.eu/article/frances-commissioner-thierry-breton-resigns-attacks-von-der-leyen-for-questionable-governance/ https://www.politico.eu/article/frances-commissioner-thierry...
- raverbashing 2y agoTrue. "Sorry state of play" is Politics 101 So I won't put it past him wanting to leave but also playing the situation to his favour