Why was Georges Danton left off the new Committee of Public Safety in July 1793?

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Georges Danton was excluded from the new Committee of Public Safety in July 1793 primarily because his political approach had become incompatible with the needs of the Revolutionary government.1

During his three-month tenure as the head of the committee, Danton pursued a policy of compromise and negotiation, attempting to engage in diplomatic conversations with the enemy to dissolve the allied coalition or secure a general peace. By the spring of 1793, however, this strategy was viewed as ineffective and no longer conceivable, as the enemy was victorious and could not be disarmed through concessions. Consequently, when the committee's term expired on July 10, 1793, the National Convention elected a new committee that did not include him.1