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President Emmanuel Macron has named EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government

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.

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,

By Michel Rose and Foo Yun Chee PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Thierry Breton of France abruptly resigned from the European Commission on Monday and was replaced by Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne as his country's candidate for the next EU executive body,

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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen nominated France's Stéphane Séjourné on Tuesday to be an executive vice president for industrial strategy in her next commission. Séjourné, the outgoing French foreign minister,