{"id":381628,"date":"2024-07-30T17:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/07\/30\/breton-commissario-francia-macron\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T13:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T11:14:01","slug":"macron-breton-commissioner-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/07\/30\/macron-breton-commissioner-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron confirms Breton as commissioner candidate, though stalemate over new government persists in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Another confirmation, perhaps the hottest one\u2014at least in France. Although negotiations to form a new government are still in stalemate\u2014with the priority of the Olympic Games absorbing public opinion\u2014Thierry Breton has been confirmed by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, as candidate commissioner<\/strong> for the von der Leyen Commission. Although there is time until <\/a>August 30 to submit nominations to Brussels, the Elysee tenant is pulling straight ahead and makes no concessions to the New Popular Front<\/strong>, the leading force in the National Assembly after the late June\/early July snap elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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From left: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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“Thierry Breton<\/strong>, by virtue of his qualities and experience, especially during his<\/strong> previous mandate, has demonstrated general competence and commitment to Europe<\/strong>,” reads the letter<\/a> addressed last Thursday (July 25) to the re-elected chairwoman of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, and made public today (July 30). Macron speaks precisely of his experience over the past five years in office at the Berlaymont, which “will enable him to continue to carry out independently the important responsibilities that you will want to entrust to him within the College<\/strong>.” It may not be controversial<\/a> like the confirmation of Hungarian Oliv\u00e9r V\u00e1rhelyi<\/strong>, but compared to those of his three other colleagues on the outgoing von der Leyen Commission (the Slovakian Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d<\/strong>, the Latvian Valdis Dombrovskis<\/strong> and the Dutch Wopke Hoekstra) <\/strong>Breton’s appointment is bound to create quite a bit of controversy in Paris.<\/p>\n

Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon<\/strong>, leader of La France Insoumise, the first party in the leftist coalition that defeated Marine Le Pen<\/strong>‘s Rassemblement National, had already anticipated this <\/a>a few weeks ago in the European Parliament. Drawing parallels between today’s France and “the ancien r\u00e9gime<\/em>, where the only rule was the prince’s pleasure,” M\u00e9lenchon cited the very example of the appointment of France’s future European commissioner: “Normally, if there is someone new to be appointed, the president of the Republic should take into account the election results<\/strong>,” but in France’s “presidential monarchy” “it is a question to ask the prince,” had been the radical leftist leader’s attack. Macron responded two weeks later, confirming the independent politician (but close to Macron’s liberals), former Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry (between 2005 and 2007) and since 2019 European Commissioner for the Internal Market.<\/p>\n