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France's powerful European commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday announced he was quitting his role with immediate effect, claiming EU chief Ursula von der Leyen had sought at the last-minute to bar him from her incoming team.

Thierry Breton, France's European Commissioner for the Internal Market, has resigned and withdrawn his candidacy for a future European Commission role. Breton's decision comes just a day before President Ursula von der Leyen was set to announce her new team of commissioners.

 The need to modernize European Union law so that the shipyards of EU member-states are effectively protected from the unfair competition of third countries and the need for an integrated support framework from the EU was pointed out by the president and chief executive officer of ONEX, Panos Xenokostas, to European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton during the latter's visit t

CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive Co., Ltd., a major Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, has withdrawn from a procurement tender in Bulgaria following an investigation by the EU Commission.

In a startling revelation, former U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in 2020 that the United States would not come to Europe's aid if it were to face an attack.

Prime Minister Robert Golob and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton met in southwestern Slovenia on 20 April to discuss nuclear energy and efforts to boost the European defence industry.

Circular trade - this is the scheme through which Bulgaria can help to arm Ukraine with ammunition.

European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton is arriving in Bulgaria on Wednesday for a meeting with the defense industry, the European Commission announced to the National Television.

The purpose of the visit is to encourage the arms industry to rapidly increase its production capacity in order to have ammunition for Ukraine.

The European Union has finalized new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants.

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EU Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said the purpose of the Act "will be to ensure the integrity and independence" of the EU media market.