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AI Observatory · France 2027 electionUpdated September 28, 2026

Candidates · Declared candidate · Horizons

Édouard Philippe and artificial intelligence

Mayor of Le Havre (re-elected in March 2026), president of Horizons, former Prime Minister (2017-2020)

18 proposals and statements by Édouard Philippe on AI, translated and sourced.

Artificial intelligence

Statement · Employment and Workforce Training · July 5, 2026

The candidate cites the effects of AI on jobs among the issues at stake in the election

the consequences of AI on their jobs, the consequences of climate change on their cities, I have said it and I will say it again because that is what is at stake in the election
Original French quote
les conséquences de l'IA sur leurs emplois, les conséquences du changement climatique sur leurs villes, je l'ai dit je vais le redire parce que c'est ça l'enjeu de l'élection

Source: edouardphilippe.fr

Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · July 5, 2026

The candidate discusses his exchanges with executives transforming their production thanks to AI, between opportunities and risks

It is quite enlightening to talk with the big bosses of this technology, the great adventurers of this modern technological conquest, or the big bosses who are transforming their ways of producing thanks to AI, because they see all the opportunities and all the risks.
Original French quote
C'est assez éclairant de parler avec les grands patrons de cette technologie, les grands aventuriers de cette conquête technologique moderne ou les grands patrons qui sont en train de transformer leurs façons de produire grâce à l'IA parce qu'ils voient tous les opportunités et tous les risques.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr

Statement · Employment and Workforce Training · July 5, 2026

Question about future occupations amid the spread of AI across all fields

What occupation will they hold with AI coming, which is here and which is working its way, it is a fact, into every field of production, of thinking, of exchanges?
Original French quote
Quel métier vont-ils exercer avec l'IA qui arrive, qui est là et qui s'immisce, c'est un fait dans tous les domaines de la production, de la réflexion, des échanges ?

Source: edouardphilippe.fr

Costed measure · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud

Doubling computing capacity in five years for a sovereign European AI infrastructure

Developing a sovereign European artificial intelligence infrastructure, by supporting our champions and doubling our computing capacity in five years.
Original French quote
Développer une infrastructure d'intelligence artificielle européenne souveraine, en soutenant nos champions et en doublant notre capacité de calcul en cinq ans.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Commitment · AI, Domestic Security and Justice

Authorize the targeted use of facial recognition under a "narco state of emergency"

Create a "narco state of emergency" with exceptional legal means limited in time and space, going as far as the targeted use of facial recognition.
Original French quote
Créer un « état d’urgence narco » avec des moyens juridiques d’exception limités dans le temps et dans l’espace, allant jusqu’à l’utilisation ciblée de la reconnaissance faciale.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Commitment · Research, Investment and Business

"Capital France" savings account and funded pensions to finance technology champions

Equipping France to win the global race in artificial intelligence Create a "livret capital France" to mobilize French people's dormant savings, and use funded pensions to finance our technology champions.
Original French quote
Armer la France pour gagner la course mondiale à l'intelligence artificielle Créer un « livret capital France » pour mobiliser l'épargne dormante des Français, et utiliser la capitalisation retraite pour financer nos champions technologiques.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Data centers and energy

Commitment · Grid Connection and Power Consumption

Open preferential access to decarbonized energy for national and European AI players

Open preferential access to our decarbonized energy for national and European players, with connection rules inspired by the British AI Growth Zones.
Original French quote
Ouvrir un accès préférentiel à notre énergie décarbonée pour les acteurs nationaux et européens , avec des règles de raccordement inspirées des AI Growth Zones britanniques.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Education and AI

Principle · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · July 5, 2026

Regulating screen use among young children

If we do not protect our children, if when they are very young we do not regulate this use of screens; and when they are older, we do not teach them to use the tremendous potential of new technologies, then we fail at everything!
Original French quote
Si nous ne protégeons pas nos enfants, si lorsqu'ils sont très jeunes nous ne réglementons pas cet usage des écrans ; et lorsqu'ils sont âgés, nous ne leur apprenons pas à utiliser le potentiel formidable des nouvelles technologies, alors nous ratons tout !

Source: edouardphilippe.fr

Principle · AI in Schools · July 5, 2026

Integrating AI into teaching

But let us also bring school into the 21st century, by integrating AI into teaching, for example.
Original French quote
Mais faisons aussi entrer l'école dans le 21ème siècle, en intégrant par exemple l'IA dans la pédagogie.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr

AI in government

Goal · Governance and Public Tools · July 5, 2026

Transforming the State through AI for more efficient public services

It is also time today to put AI at the service of the State, to transform our State through AI in order to have more efficient public services; to have decisions issued in half a second instead of 6 months; to have fewer officials stuck behind a desk, and more in the field in contact with the public.
Original French quote
Il est aussi temps aujourd'hui de mettre l'IA au service de l'Etat, de transformer notre État grâce à l'IA pour avoir des services publics plus efficaces ; pour avoir des décisions rendues en une demi-seconde au lieu de 6 mois ; pour avoir moins d'agents bloqués derrière un bureau, et plus sur le terrain au contact du public.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr

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