{"id":439872,"date":"2025-11-12T15:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/11\/12\/maria-cristina-russo-vicedirettrice-generale-per-linnovazione-in-commissione-ue\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:17:25","slug":"maria-cristina-russo-deputy-director-general-for-innovation-in-the-eu-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/11\/12\/maria-cristina-russo-deputy-director-general-for-innovation-in-the-eu-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Cristina Russo Deputy Director-General for Innovation in the EU Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211; The <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">European Commission has appointed <strong>Maria Cristina Russo as Deputy Director-General<\/strong> responsible for innovation, prosperity and international cooperation in the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (<a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/about\/departments-and-executive-agencies\/research-and-innovation_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DG RTD<\/a>).&nbsp;<strong>The day of the actual takeover of the new functions will be announced at a later date<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Italian, with <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/en\/events\/upcoming-events\/research-innovation-days\/speakers\/maria-cristina-russo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 30 years of experience at the European Commission<\/a>, Russo has extensive expertise in industrial research, policy development, and financial affairs.<\/span>&nbsp;The EU executive believes that &#8220;thanks to her comprehensive understanding of the Commission&#8217;s policies and its research and competitiveness priorities,&#8221; 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