On Wednesday 24 July, the European Commission made a series of appointments in several Directorates-General (Communication, Competition) and at the Representation in Brussels and Warsaw.
Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot has been appointed Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM), following a 28-year career at the European Commission. She will be leaving the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC), where she has been Director for Youth, Education and Erasmus + since 2017. The Commission states in its press release that Ms Eriksson Waterschoot has managed the ‘2022 European Year of Youth' initiative and the EU’s ‘Youth Strategy 2019-2027’. The date on which she will take up her duties has yet to be determined.
The Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) is also to have a new Director: the Commission appointed Koen Van de Casteele to the post on Wednesday 24 July, without indicating when he would take up his duties. He will have to ensure that all companies compete equally and fairly within the single market. Mr Van de Casteele is currently Head of the ‘State Aid: Policy and Case Support’ Unit at DG COMP.
Two new Heads of European Commission Representations were appointed in Brussels and Warsaw on Wednesday 24 April. Thomas de Béthune, team leader at the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), where he works on urban policy, will be the European Commission’s official representative in Belgium from 1 September. The same post will go to Katarzyna Smyk in Warsaw. (Original version in French by Florent Servia)