A European Union commissioner obsessed with crushing free speech online has suddenly resigned.
Commissioner Thierry Breton announced in a letter he posted on X Monday that he was immediately resigning after alleged personal struggles with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. This comes after Breton tried to force X owner Elon Musk to censor his interview of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. And just last week, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) called Breton to account for his anti-free speech actions.
Breton first indicated his decision to resign when he posted an image of a blank canvas with the caption, “Breaking news: My official portrait for the next European Commission term.” He then claimed in his letter that French President Emmanuel Macron nominated him “for a second mandate in the [EU] College of Commissioners,” but accused…
