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Talking Europe - 'Totally unfair' that EU countries making money on energy crunch: Former EU commissioner Breton

France24 · · 574 words · By Armen GEORGIAN
Hungarian Politics EU-US Relations Energy Economics
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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Thierry Breton was the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market from 2019 to 2024”
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Wikipedia and the European Commission's own records confirm Thierry Breton served as the European Commissioner for the Internal Market starting in 2019 and stepped down in 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thierry Breton. Official portrait, 2019. European Commissioner for Internal Market.position in 2024.[6]. On 23 December 2025, United States Secretary of state Marco Rubio sanctioned Breton, who master…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Breton
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web search NEUTRAL — Implement the European Defence Fund and the Action Plan on Military Mobility. Foster a strong and innovative space industry, maintaining the EU's autonomous, reliable and cost-effective access to spac…
https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/thierry-breton_en
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web search NEUTRAL — Breton, who had served as European commissioner for the internal market since 2019, stepped down earlier this month, accusing von der Leyen of pushing French President Emmanuel Macron to pull him as F…
https://www.politico.eu/article/thierry-breton-slam-empress-…
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“He and four other figures were hit with US travel bans at the end of last year”
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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, Euractiv, and a news report from Washington DC) confirm that the US imposed visa/travel bans on Thierry Breton and four other European officials on December 23.
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web search NEUTRAL — Breton has become persona non grata in the United States of America, thus forbidden to enter the Territories of the United States by the Trump administration,[7] "over what it said was 'censorship' an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Breton
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web search NEUTRAL — The US State Department announced on Tuesday it would deny visas to former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and four others, accusing them of seeking to “coerce” American social media platforms into cen…
https://www.euractiv.com/news/us-denies-visas-to-former-eu-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON, DC: The United States on Tuesday, December 23, imposed visa bans on five prominent European figures involved in campaigns to allegedly counter misinformation and hate online, accusing them…
https://news.meaww.com/us-imposes-visa-bans-on-5-european-of…
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“Breton is a former minister for the economy, finance and industry in France”
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Wikipedia and the European Commission's official questionnaire for Breton confirm he served as the French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry.
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web search NEUTRAL — Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry.In 1986 Breton became adviser to the French minister for education and research René Monory and designed the open-air science and technology theme park Fu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Breton
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web search NEUTRAL — Thierry Breton is the European commissioner for the internal market, a position he has held since December 1, 2019. Before that, he was the chief executive officer of the French technology company Ato…
https://www.politico.eu/person/thierry-breton/
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web search NEUTRAL — Thierry Breton's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire. English. (783.68 KB - PDF).Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry.
https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/thierry-breton_en
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“most of them [EU member states] have a value-added tax (VAT) on that [energy prices]”
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Wikipedia confirms that VAT is mandatory for all EU member states. While the evidence doesn't explicitly list 'energy prices' for every single state, the mandatory nature of EU VAT across the union supports the claim that most member states apply it to such services/goods.
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web search NEUTRAL — Main article: European Union value added tax. The European Union VAT is mandatory for member states of the European Union. The EU VAT asks where supply and consumption occurs, which determines which s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax
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web search NEUTRAL — Merhaba! Bu videoda, VAT Numarası'nın (Value Added Tax Number) ne olduğunu ve Avrupa'da vergi düzenlemeleri kapsamında nasıl alındığını detaylı bir şekild...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M0wW5g-Lx4
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web search NEUTRAL — Value-added tax (VAT) is payable on most services rendered and supplies effected within Germany at a general rate of 19% and at a reduced rate of 7% for certain goods and services.
https://www.dentons.com/en/services-and-solutions/global-tax…
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“Peter Magyar's stunning victory in the Hungarian election – and the ouster of Viktor Orban”
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Multiple independent news reports confirm that Péter Magyar's Tisza party won the election and Viktor Orbán conceded defeat and was ousted from power.
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web search NEUTRAL — Péter Magyar’s Tisza party wins election as prime minister concedes defeat, in result likely to reshape ties with EU.Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election resu…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/viktor-orban-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Péter Magyar is set to replace his former ally Viktor Orbán as prime minister of Hungary after pulling off a massive election win. The 45-year-old became interested in politics from an early age and s…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt
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web search NEUTRAL — Péter Magyar is set to replace his former ally Viktor Orbán as prime minister of Hungary after pulling off a massive election win. The 45-year-old became interested in politics from an early age and s…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt
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“the digital act has been voted at 90 percent by our MEPs”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of general dictionary definitions of the word 'digital' and does not contain any information regarding the voting percentages of the Digital Services Act or Digital Markets Act by MEPs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of DIGITAL is of, relating to, or utilizing devices constructed or working by the methods or principles of electronics : electronic; also : characterized by electronic and esp…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital
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web search NEUTRAL — Social media is an essential tool in a digital world. Converting an entire CD to digital format and downloading it to an MP3 player takes only about 10 to 15 minutes. Viewers can get more than 100 cha…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/digit…
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“It has been voted by 27 countries”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of general dictionary definitions of the word 'digital' and does not contain any information regarding the voting process or the number of countries that voted on the digital act.
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web search NEUTRAL — Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of DIGITAL is of, relating to, or utilizing devices constructed or working by the methods or principles of electronics : electronic; also : characterized by electronic and esp…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital
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web search NEUTRAL — Social media is an essential tool in a digital world. Converting an entire CD to digital format and downloading it to an MP3 player takes only about 10 to 15 minutes. Viewers can get more than 100 cha…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/digit…
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