The French candidate for the next European Commission and current EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton resigned in a suprise move on Monday by posting a letter on X. Breton claimed in his letter that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked France to nominate another person in exchange for “an allegedly more influential portfolio for France” in the commission. Breton, who is the incumbent French commissioner, said this “political trade-off” with France was made “for personal reasons that in no instance you have discussed directly with me.” The French candidate, who pu…