Thierry Breton

Thierry Breton is a French businessman, chairman and CEO, politician and writer. Breton was vice-chairman and CEO of Groupe Bull, chairman and CEO of Thomson-RCA and chairman and CEO of France Télécom. In 2005 he entered politics serving as Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin, during the presidency of Jacques Chirac. From 2007 to 2008 he was a professor at Harvard Business School before joining group Atos from 2009 to 2019 as its CEO. Since 2019, he has been European Commissioner for Internal Market under the presidency of Ursula von der Leyen.

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Statement by Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Space, following the decision by Roscosmos to withdraw from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou. No more Soyuz launches from there. 2 Galileo sats had been set for April Soyuz launch.