According to Politico, Macron’s party is looking for the candidate to take over from Ursula von der Leyen as Commission president when her term ends, a role France is keen on
With an eye to next year’s elections for the election of the representatives of the European Parliament, the Macron’s Renaissance party looking for the best candidate, as all the top positions in Brussels institutions will be renewed after the elections.
According to Politico, Macron’s party seeks candidate to take over from Ursula von der Leyen as Commission president when her term expires, a role that France is keen as the Commission presidency has evolved into one of the most powerful roles in international politics.
According to reports in French media and officials familiar with discussions within Macron’s team, Thierry Breton, former telecommunications executive and current French EU commissioner; it is said to gather many possibilities, the publication says.
Breton is a powerful and ambitious commissionerwhose responsibilities have recently expanded to include the Union’s digital policy. In Brussels he has the reputation of the man who fully embodies France’s statist economic policy and who is willing to take on the trade war with China and the United States.
Thierry Breton he is a commissioner for the Internal Market and this is the man who in June traveled to the United States to remind Elon Musk that Platform X (formerly Twitter) urgently needs to comply with new European regulations regarding its content, while he has not hesitated to “grind his teeth” at many more Silicon Valley tech giants.
The presidency of the Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation bloc, has become one of the most powerful roles in world politics. Von der Leyen is the EU’s most visible official, regularly meets world leaders such as Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, and has been the European Union’s voice against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Her position is set to remain vacant next summerwhen all the top positions in the Brussels institutions will be up for re-election after the European Parliament elections.
Ursula von der Leyen has not yet declared whether she wishes to remain in office for a second term while she has been linked as a possible candidate for other high-profile positions, such as that of the head of NATO.
Source :Skai
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