French President Emmanuel Macron cut loose his outspoken commissioner to the European Union, Thierry Breton, in a bid to secure a more influential role for his country in Brussels.Breton had been a key figure in the current commission and as internal market chief he helped ensure that Macron had a hand in shaping the EU’s response to the growing power of US tech giants.

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton speaks during a press conference presenting plans to boost the European Union's arms industry in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) - French European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday said he'd quit the bloc's executive body,

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.

Von der Leyen offered France a more powerful job ‘as a political trade-off’ in return for replacing Thierry Breton

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

France's Thierry Breton became one of the European Union's most prominent faces in Brussels, gaining the reputation of a disrupter as he clashed with tech giants -- and even his