David Lisnard: Believes a country must first use AI itself within public authorities in order to count in the AI race
Statement made by David Lisnard on October 16, 2026. Topic: Governance and Public Tools. The observatory also publishes quotes from 13 other public figures on this topic.
A country that wants to count in the AI race cannot be content with talking about it at summits. It must start by using it itself, and show that public authorities are capable of transforming themselves.
Original quote (French)
Un pays qui veut peser dans la course à l'IA ne peut pas se contenter d'en parler dans des sommets. Il doit commencer par s'en servir lui-même, et montrer que la puissance publique est capable de se transformer.Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bernard Cazeneuve: Applying safeguards on AI in public services without waiting for the European Union
- Bruno Le Maire: Using AI to rewrite and simplify the codes (labor, environment, construction)
- Bruno Retailleau: Create a full ministry in charge of AI and provide every civil servant with an AI assistant
- Dominique de Villepin: Simplifying the law by ordinance with the support of AI (the "Code civil" method)
- Emmanuel Dubuisson: Equipping each major public service function with a robust digital system and public indicators
- Emmanuel Maurel: Maintaining the use of AI against tax fraud, alongside human resources
- Florian Philippot: Make the source code of public tools open and auditable
- Gabriel Attal: Cites AI among his four priority projects, alongside schools, borders and wages
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Create a public domain for data bringing together the data of public services, administrations and companies
- Juan Branco: Create a telecoms corps specialized notably in algorithmic and quantum computing
- Marine Tondelier: Generalize free software in public administrations (open source first)
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Equipping government agencies with free-license software developed under State project management
- Édouard Philippe: Transforming the State through AI for more efficient public services
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