Dominique de Villepin: Create an AI Council reporting to the President of the Republic
Proposal put forward by Dominique de Villepin on June 13, 2026. Topic: Governance and Public Tools. The observatory also publishes quotes from 13 other public figures on this topic.
First, an AI Council reporting to the President of the Republic, which must be the true locus of governance of national AI policy,
Original quote (French)
D’abord d’un Conseil de l’IA auprès du Président de la République qui doit être le véritable lieu de gouvernance de la politique nationale sur l’IA,Source: lafrancehumaniste.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
- David Lisnard: Believes that AI makes necessary a state that is strong on sovereign functions and able to invest in infrastructure
- 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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