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PARIS — Outgoing French Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourn´´é will replace Thierry Breton as France’s nominee for European commissioner, the Elysée said in a statement.
Séjourné, who was appointed foreign minister in January, is a close ally to French President Emmanuel Macron and a longtime member of the president’s Renaissance party.
In its statement, the French presidency wrote that Séjourné meets “all the required criteria” for the job.
“The president of the Republic has always defended getting a key portfolio for its European Commissioner. This is the meaning of its contacts with the president of the European Commission since,” the statement said.
This story is being updated.