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• @mrlukemcgee Luke McGee on threads

  One for the European defence and security nerds: the loudest celebrations at Breton not staying on as an EU commissioner might come from across Brussels in NATO HQ.  Breton was EU protectionist-in-chief when it came to arms procurement and really annoyed people doing it for NATO.

• @clickhere@mastodon.ie @clickhere@mastodon.ie on mastodon

  Some good news for the tech bros from the EU:  —  “Thierry Breton quits @EUCommission ; accuses von der Leyen of ‘questionable governance’”  —  https://www.thejournal.ie/...  #DSA #DMA #EU

• @thierrybreton Thierry Breton on x

  I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my colleagues in the College, Commission services, MEPs, Member States, and my team. Together, we have worked tirelessly to advance an ambitious EU agenda. It has been an honour & privilege to serve the common European interest🇪🇺 [i…

• @evansryan202 Ryan Evans on x

  You can't name another person who has done more to hurt tech innovation and businesses in the EU in the last five years

• @workmj Michael Jackson on x

  Breton being out is good, but this was likely more about von der Leyen getting rid of a threat. Breton's ego left him exposed. The Commission is a clown show. Breton's replacement isn't likely to be better.

• @jhall Jim Hall on x

  The trash always takes itself out, European Commissioner,Thierry Breton, who wanted to censor what Elon Musk discussed with Donald Trump in a live space has resigned from his position. LOL Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord splitya!

• @madscapital @madscapital on x

  the regulatooor got fired lmao

• @gbponz @gbponz on x

  It is indeed a testament to what the #EU represents for individual citizens that the champion of preemptive censorship, the man behind the threatening letter to @elonmusk which BTW was menat to scare EVERY other news outlet in the continent from fair reporting, in his “adieu”

• @terraorbust @terraorbust on x

  Wow. The President of the EU, Ursula Von der Leyen, bribing a member state with a more important commissioner role, if they get rid of a nominee that she doesn't like? What an accusation. What corruption. You glad we left yet? #ThanksBrexit

• @eric_seufert Eric Seufert on x

  Is this the first of Thierry Breton's tweets that doesn't include a picture of Thierry Breton? 🤔

• @lukolejnik Lukasz Olejnik on x

  European Commission sacked a social-media-ban-trigger-happy commissioner? It seems there's a plan for a new start. https://x.com/...

• @antoniogm Antonio García Martínez on x

  If you translate all the “voulez-vous” verbosity to English, dude got fired.

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Thierry Breton's staffer built a Lego version of Breton's office depicting Breton as Superman ⤵️ [image]

• @jeiting Jacob Eiting on x

  He will forever be remembered as the man who ruined the iPhone in Europe to make sure it had gameboy emulators

• @briancalbrecht Brian Albrecht on x

  Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning

• @phl43 Philippe Lemoine on x

  It's not for the right reasons, and whoever is going to replace him will probably be just as bad, but I'm still glad that we're finally rid of this moron.

• @connoralleneu Connor Allen on x

  It's always sad to see someone lose their job but this is for the best. Breton turned regulation making into a personal soap opera, targeting @elonmusk unfairly. His legacy will not be positive - Europe has no big tech left.

• @adamthierer Adam Thierer on x

  it's funny that it took a resignation announcement for Breton to finally stop posting photos of himself with every post here. 😂 Anyway, good riddance to one of the most anti-innovation, anti-free speech bureaucrats the modern world has ever seen.

• @mattomay Mattia on x

  Bad news for FR & EU. Breton's first mandate was objective success despite frictions w/VDL. Political fragmentation in FR will make designation of next Cssr a puzzle. Legitimacy questions on portfolio & (possible) EVP status. Lastly: will Paris follow Sofia and propose 2 names ?

• @andst7 @andst7 on x

  Big win. Breton is out. Thank you Professor Mario Draghi and President Ursula von der Leyen

• @victordedecker Victor De Decker on x

  One of the few Commissioners who actually got things done over the course of his term. Shame this is ending in such a petty fashion.

• @lucasguttenberg Lucas Guttenberg on x

  After the Draghi report that had the very obvious blessing of Von der Leyen, it seems that this is really not about policy but about the fact that politics is a team sport. And that there are limits to which you can piss off the coach before she looks for other players.

• @lukavalas Luka V on x

  In other words, I was fired for being an incompetent dickhead.

• @luismalhadinhas Luís Malhadinhas on x

  🇪🇺 EU bubble woke up like this [image]

• @thierrybreton Thierry Breton on x

  🚨Breaking news: My official portrait for the next European Commission term ⤵️ [image]

• @openmedfuture Bart de Witte on x

  From a personal standpoint, losing your job is no laughing matter. However, given Mario Draghi's warning about the EU's tendency to over-regulate and stifle SMEs, it's not exactly a surprise. Last week I wrote that Ursula von der Leyen should re-evaluate Breton's role as a

• @gloriagheq Gloria Ghéquière on x

  Breton was pivotal - and successful - in delivering vaccines to Europe during COVID-19. This is hard to comprehend...

• @henryjfoy Henry Foy on x

  Breton withdraws from the @EU_Commission, claims @vonderleyen told Macron to find a new candidate in exchange for a better job - and didn't tell him about it 💅🏻

• @arekmularczyk @arekmularczyk on x

  Given that @ThierryBreton said “further testimony to questionable governance” - something we've known about for some time - I hope that he will soon explain what other cases of “questionable governance” occurred.

• @benthompson Ben Thompson on x

  The E.U. Went Too Far https://stratechery.com/...

• @daveg David Galbraith on x

  Breton has been fired. Smart move by the EU.

• @levelsio @levelsio on x

  🇪🇺 eu/acc Today, Thierry Breton, the primary opponent of technological progress in the European Union resigned He was responsible for: - making technology companies Europe's #1 enemy, making many companies leave for the US - the EU AI Act which made it impossible to build an AI […

• @aitorehm Aitor Hernández-Morales on x

  Based on this letter, I think we can all agree that the EU has lost its chance to have an exceptional ✨ Commissioner for Drama ✨ in the next College.

• @joshualivestro Joshua Livestro on x

  Actions have consequences [image]

• @jonatanpallesen Jonatan Pallesen on x

  It is great news that this useless EU bureaucrat was let go. He wanted to censor X for the sin of... hosting a debate with a Presidential candidate. He is completely ignorant about the topic he works with, thinking, for example, that blue checkmarks used to mean “Trustworthy [ima…

• @laurnorman Laurence Norman on x

  The anger towards @vonderleyen seems to be subsumed by his sense of betrayal from @EmmanuelMacron who he notes twice publicly confirmed him for the post. #betrayal #drama #Commission

• @lisewitteman Lise Witteman on x

  Seems like a great moment to highlight @SchumanShow's song about Breton 💶 👉 https://www.youtube.com/... [image]

• @jackeparrock Jack Parrock on x

  And who says EU politics is boring?! Breton publicly throws a tantrum and resigns immediately for being pulled as the candidate for commissioner, saying President von der Leyen asked France to withdrawn his name. He claims she'd offered France a juicier portfolio to do so.