Bruno Retailleau: Seeking European exemptions from competition law for cloud and computing consolidations
Proposal put forward by Bruno Retailleau on September 24, 2026. Topic: Research, Investment and Business. The observatory also publishes quotes from 16 other public figures on this topic.
Request targeted exemptions from competition law at the European level to allow the necessary industrial consolidations in cloud, critical software, data centers and computing infrastructure.
Original quote (French)
Demander au niveau européen des exceptions ciblées au droit de la concurrence pour permettre les rapprochements industriels nécessaires dans le cloud, les logiciels critiques, les data centers et les infrastructures de calcul.Source: avecretailleau.fr · archived copy
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