He was also a CEO of several companies in the industrial and telecom sector and has a strong reputation as a man of action," an Elysée official told AFP.
"Thierry Breton has strong experience in areas covered by this portfolio, specifically industry and digital, because he was a finance minister in charge of industrial policy.
Thus far it is known that he was until this month a member of To appease concerns about conflicts of interest, Breton has quit his role as CEO of Atos and Ensuring that such financial conflicts of interest are resolved is crucial, but it still does not address the potential privileged access and indeed influence that Atos stands to benefit from its CEO joining the EU Commission.If MEPs are not prepared to veto Breton’s appointment, then they should at least demand that safeguards are put in place to limit the risks, and ensure that they are implemented.In his declaration of financial interests, obtained by Considering the immense overlap between his portfolio and his previous work in the areas of defence, security, competition and tech, if the European Commission were to set up the necessary safeguards, Breton would be nearly unable to do his new job. The two key areas funded are big tech projects (ie 5G and big data) and security, including cybersecurity and border controls.Atos has also been one of the main recipients of EU funding from the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (EU-LISA), to build what have been called “An internet monitoring system dubbed ‘Eagle’, which was developed by Atos’ subsidary, If Breton is approved by the European Parliament he would now become responsible for steering EU policy in these areas. 0.
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Its declaration can only be described as misleading, and shows once again the disregard that many multinationals have for making a thorough and honest entry in the absence of a mandatory register.Transparency does not seem to be Atos’ forté however: they are also not listed in the mandatory French lobby register, in spite of clearly If Breton takes over the Internal Market portfolio, we can only expect that his former colleagues and their lobby intermediaries will attempt to influence him, his cabinet and departments.As the CEO of Atos, Breton himself was often at the forefront of its activities to influence EU policy-making.
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Paolo Gentiloni's team supports him in his daily work. If Breton takes over the Internal Market portfolio, we can only expect that his former colleagues and their lobby intermediaries will attempt to influence him, his cabinet and departments.
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Lucía Caudet, until today a spokeswoman for the Commission on single market issues, is now deputy head of cabinet for Breton.
He had already previously been plucked from France Telecom (now Orange) in 2005 to become France’s Finance Minister.
He stayed in this role for two years.
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For Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market, a slight ignition delay was inevitable: since he replaced the unhappy French candidate Sylvie Goulard, the former CEO of the IT group Atos was heard by the European Parliament more a month after most of his counterparts at the European Commission.
French media has While the actual European Defence Fund is ultimately different from what Breton had proposed, Atos’ areas of work are largely relevant to the Fund’s stated priorities, and this makes the company a ‘natural’ candidate for funding.“If we tax capital on the same level as labour and maintain tax rules favouring annuity rather than investment for the transfer of assets whilst limiting the freedom of contributors via disposable portion of the inheritance, we have a fiscal triptyque which manages to dissuade those attempting to innovate.” - Thierry Breton, Would this mean that as Commissioner, Breton would fight the already weak European anti-trust policy, to the expense of consumers and small and medium companies?
Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry BRETON - Internal Market - EU Whoiswho. Belgium
Since November 2014, high level Commission officials logged 24 lobby If Breton takes over the Internal Market portfolio, we can only expect that his former colleagues and their lobby intermediaries will attempt to influence him, his cabinet and departments.Atos’ lobby declaration doesn’t even mention the substantial funding it receives from the EU.
Atos is also a paying member of the European Organisation for Security (EOS), which has been been very successful in shaping the EU’s policy on security and border management. He has twice met with President Juncker to advocate Atos’ positions - quite a privilege as President Juncker logged a relatively low number of meetings in his whole mandate Gabriel would not be the only person Breton has lobbied that would now become his colleague. For a better user experience please update your browser or use
