Von der Leyen confidante moves to head Directorate-General for Budget

It is official now: Frenchwoman Stéphanie Riso is moving from the cabinet of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to head the Directorate-General for Budget in the EU agency. As the EU Commission stated in a press release, the deputy Head of Cabinet and von der Leyen confidante will start her new job on Feb. 16. The Directorate-General for Budget (DG BUDG) is responsible for managing the EU’s multi-billion euro budget, including raising money on the international capital markets for the NextGenerationEU program.