French European Commissioner Thierry Breton resigns
epa11607607 (FILE) - European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton attends a press conference on the European Defense Industrial Strategy and the European Defence Investment Programme after the weekly Commissioners' College meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 05 March 2024 (reissued 16 September 2024). Breton on 16 September 2024 resigned from his positon as European Commissioner due to a dispute with the European Union commission's chief, Ursula von der Leyen, who he said asked France to withdraw his candidacy for the next executive. EPA/Olivier Matthys
