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European Parliament
MEP News
Nicolas Bay (FR, NI) has left the Rassemblement national party to join Reconquête.
European Commission
Commissioner Cabinets
Cabinet of Virginijus Sinkevičius
Simonas Šatūnas replaces Marius Vaščega as the Head of Cabinet.
Directorates-General and Services
Health and Food Safety (SANTE)
Klaus Berend replaces Sabine Jülicher as Director of Directorate E (Food and Feed Safety, Innovation) in an acitng capacity.
Informatics (DIGIT)
Veronica Gaffey replaces Mario Campolargo as the Director-General. Campolargo is also no longer the acting Deputy Director-General.
Interpretation (SCIC)
Pascal Mathieu replaces Franz Lemaître as Head of Unit A (French Language Interpreting, Interpretation Department I).
Verena Skerra replaces Natalia Sánchez Guilarte as Head of Department (Interpretation Department II) in an acting capacity.
Javier Hernandez Saseta replaces Anne-Laure Hubert as Head of Unit B2 (Programming of Interpretation, Interpretation Services Management and Professional Support) in an acting capacity.
Translation (DGT)
Christos Ellinides replaces Rytis Martikonis as the Director-General.
Other EU Institutions and Agencies
European Research Council Executive Agency (ERC)
Chryssa Kouveliotou, László Lovász and Giovanni Sartor have been appointed to the Scientific Council.
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National News
Austria
Wolfgang Mückstein, the Federal Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, has announced his resignation.
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