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.

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

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,

Thierry Breton of France stepped down as a member of the European Commission on Monday and will no longer be his country's candidate for the next EU executive body, an unexpected twist in the highly political EU power transition.

President Emmanuel Macron proposed Stephane Sejourne, France’s outgoing foreign minister, to be the country’s new commissioner for the European Union following the abrupt resignation of Thierry Breton.

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

France's Thierry Breton abruptly resigned as the EU's internal market commissioner on Monday and said in a pointed letter he would not seek a post in President Ursula von der Leyen's new team of European commissioners.