# Breton leaves Atos to join the Commission, later Atos distress follows years after

Date: 2019

[Breton](/people/thierry-breton) left Atos in 2019. Later distress at Atos is not treated here as his 2024 Commission act. The 2019 move is recorded as interest context for industrial files, not as a finding that he caused a later insolvency.

## People

- Thierry Breton: https://factrail.ai/people/thierry-breton

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-atos-breton-idUSKBN1X31G4/
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-atos-context