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AI Observatory · France 2027 electionUpdated September 28, 2026

Candidates · Potential candidate · Gauche républicaine et socialiste

Emmanuel Maurel and artificial intelligence

Member of Parliament for Val-d'Oise (3rd constituency)

10 proposals and statements by Emmanuel Maurel on AI, translated and sourced.

Artificial intelligence

Principle · Research, Investment and Business

Massively fund public AI research

I am convinced that AI must be a common good. That requires: a vast effort to fund public research, and not only a few start-ups destined to be bought out by American funds
Original French quote
J’ai la conviction que l’IA doit être un bien commun. Cela suppose : un vaste effort de financement de la recherche publique, et pas seulement de quelques start-ups vouées au rachat par des fonds américains

Source: emmanuel-maurel.fr · archived copy

Goal · AI Regulation and the AI Act

Achieve an international treaty regulating AI and its players

France will have to drive a resolute balance of power against the AI giants in order to achieve an international treaty that will organize the regulation of this technology and of the power of its players.
Original French quote
La France devra impulser un rapport de force résolu contre les géants de l’IA afin d’aboutir à un traité international qui organisera l’encadrement de cette technologie et du pouvoir de ses acteurs.

Source: emmanuel-maurel.fr · archived copy

Commitment · Rights, Freedoms and Disinformation

Regulating, or even banning, addictive social media algorithms

Public authorities will have to hold platforms accountable, fight against the addictive nature of social media algorithms, regulate them or even ban them.
Original French quote
La puissance publique devra demander des comptes aux plateformes, se battre contre le caractère addictif des algorithmes des réseaux sociaux, les réguler voire les interdire.

Source: emmanuel-maurel.fr · archived copy

Data centers and energy

Education and AI

Goal · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools

Apply the "5-10-15 rule" on screens, with daycare centers and preschools designated "screen-free zones"

a. no screens before age 5, because there is no positive impact and a plethora of negative impacts, up to addiction, daycare centers and preschools will be decreed "screen-free zones"
Original French quote
a. aucun écran avant 5 ans , car il n’y a aucun impact positif et pléthore d’impacts négatifs, jusqu’à l’addiction – crèches et maternelles seront décrétées « zones sans écrans »

Source: emmanuel-maurel.fr · archived copy

AI in government

Full page in French