After weeks of speculation and closed-door negotiations, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented her team of proposed EU commissioners on Tuesday. The next step in the approval process are hearings of the commissioners-designate in the European Parliament.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to assign jobs in the EU's executive body on Tuesday, confirming which countries' representatives will win powerful roles on trade, competition and the green agenda.

Thierry Breton, a French business executive and commissioner for the EU’s vast internal market who recently clashed with tech billionaire Elon Musk, suggested that von der Leyen had gone behind his back to get another French official named in his place to the next commission.