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LEBANON. The new Lebanese President, Mustapha Adib indicates that he wants to form a government in record time to bring Lebanon out of the economic slump.
Franco-Algerian Karim Amellal was appointed on 29 July by Emmanuel Macron "ambassador, inter-ministerial delegate for the Mediterranean", replacing Pierre Duquesne.
EU. Ireland's Paschal Donohoe was elected president of the Eurogroup. He succeeds Portugal's Mario Centeno.
EU. MEPs elected François-Louis Michaud as President of the European Banking Authority (EBA). He succeeds the Hungarian Adam Farkas.
FRANCE. President of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIAMP), Jean-Luc Chauvin was elected President of the...
MEDITERRANEAN. Philip ter Woort is appointed Director General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the Eastern Mediterranean region.
FRANCE. Valérie Verdier, President of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), has appointed Corinne Brunon-Meunier as Director General of this French public institution.
EUROPEAN UNION. The governor of the region of Central Macedonia (Greece), Apostolos Tzitzikostas is elected president of the European Committee of the Regions.
FRANCE. While his name had been circulating for several days, Luca de Meo was made official as Renault's managing director.
GREECE. Currently President of the Council of State, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou was elected President of the Republic of Greece in the first round.
FRANCE. Laure-Agnès Caradec is re-elected President of the Board of Directors of the Euroméditerranée Public Development Establishment.
MEDITERRANEAN. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) announces the appointment of three new Deputy Secretaries General : Marisa Farrugia, Isidro Antonio González Afonso and Grammenos Mastrojeni.
GREECE / CYPRUS. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development appoints Andreea Moraru as Head of Operations for Greece and Cyprus.
EUROPEAN UNION. The European heads of state and government have appointed Ursula von der Leyen, Josep Borrell, Charles Michel and Christine Lagarde to the key EU posts.
EUROPEAN UNION. The Italian Social Democrat David Sassoli was elected President of the European Parliament in the second round of voting. A former journalist, he succeeds Antonio Tajani.