Paris, 13/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Pierre Vitmont, French Permanent Representative with the European Union since 1999, leaves Brussels (where he has been well known since the time when he was spokesperson for the French Representation) to become Cabinet Director for the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dominique de Villepin. Pierre Vitmont was in particular, from 1990 to 1993, Cabinet Director for the Minister for European Affairs, Elisabeth Guigou.