François Ruffin: Create a Fabrique des Communs Numériques based on free software and public procurement
Proposal put forward by François Ruffin on October 15, 2026. Topic: Digital Sovereignty and Cloud. The observatory also publishes quotes from 17 other public figures on this topic.
In order to reduce software dependency, we propose to develop an ecosystem based on free software and digital commons. Public procurement, for the government's IT systems, will be the driving force of this initiative, with the establishment of a Fabrique des Communs Numériques
Original quote (French)
Afin de réduire la dépendance en logiciel, nous proposons de développer un éco-système basé sur le logiciel libre et les communs numériques. La commande publique, pour les systèmes informatiques de l’administration, sera le moteur de cette initiative, avec la mise en place d’une Fabrique des Communs NumériquesSource: nouspresident.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Pooling semiconductors and AI in a European Federation of six nation states
- Bruno Retailleau: Launch a digital Vauban plan led by ANSSI (sovereign cloud, mapping, stress tests)
- David Lisnard: Believes that control of the routers directing requests to AI models will be a power issue
- Dominique de Villepin: Steering the AI and quantum computing effort at the European level, backed by public procurement
- Emmanuel Maurel: Develop open AI models trained on accessible data
- Florian Philippot: Adopt a digital sovereignty law enshrining the State's duty to protect its data
- Gabriel Attal: Believes that without a shift on AI within five years, France will be dependent on the United States and China
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Place digital and telecommunications infrastructure under public control and relocate it
- Juan Branco: Launch a computing plan with co-nationalization of STMicro based on open architectures
- Karim Bouamrane: Keeping National Control of Artificial Intelligence and Setting Its Rules
- Marine Tondelier: Developing a network of decentralized public digital infrastructure
- Natacha Polony: Rebuilding a national industrial policy for AI, from rare earths to powering data centers
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Require tax domiciliation in France for the subsidiaries of digital giants
- Olivier Becht: Give a European confederation of 6 to 10 states a competence over innovation and a unified AI market
- Raphaël Glucksmann: Ending dependence on GAFAM within 5 years through a European sovereign fund
- Sarah Knafo: Allow member states to reserve their strategic public procurement contracts for European companies
- Édouard Philippe: Call to build full European sovereignty covering AI, energy and defense
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