# Timmermans resigns from the Commission to lead a Dutch campaign

Date: 2023

On 22 August 2023 [Timmermans](/people/env-frans-timmermans) left the College to lead a PvdA-GroenLinks campaign. Resignation is a completed personnel act, not a climate statute.

## People

- Frans Timmermans: https://factrail.ai/people/frans-timmermans

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/timmermans-quit-eu-commission-dutch-election-2023-08-20/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4168

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-timmermans-leaves-commission-2023