Hard to imagine Ursula von der Leyen shivving Thierry Breton without the blessing of Macron
Hard to imagine Ursula von der Leyen moving Thierry Breton on without the blessing of Macronearlier this summer decided to stick with Breton as the country’s commissioner, nominating him to stay in Brussels for a second five-year term.has spent weeks trying to decide how to allocate portfolios to her team of commissioners nominated by each EU country, a delicate balancing act that never leaves everyone happy.
The Élysée Palace was out quickly afterwards to say Stéphane Séjourné, the outgoing minister for foreign affairs who is a close ally of Macron, was being nominated as their new commissioner. Any move by von der Leyen to oppose Breton’s return for a second term would have been about their working relationship, rather than her effort to get a gender balance in the team of 26 commissioners.
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