David Lisnard: Believes that AI makes necessary a state that is strong on sovereign functions and able to invest in infrastructure
Statement made by David Lisnard on October 23, 2026. Topic: Governance and Public Tools. The observatory also publishes quotes from 13 other public figures on this topic.
Faced with the major challenges created by artificial intelligence, we are going to need, more than ever, a state that is strong on its sovereign pillars and able to invest in infrastructure.
Original quote (French)
Face aux défis majeurs que crée l’intelligence artificielle, nous allons avoir plus que jamais besoin d’un État fort sur ses piliers régaliens et capable d’investir dans les infrastructures.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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