Gabriel Attal: Stated objective of bringing about a European sovereign AI
Statement made by Gabriel Attal on September 24, 2026. Topic: Digital Sovereignty and Cloud. The observatory also publishes quotes from 17 other public figures on this topic.
The objective is also to bring about a European sovereign AI, capable of concretely transforming daily life.
Original quote (French)
L'objectif est aussi de faire émerger une IA souveraine européenne , capable de transformer concrètement la vie quotidienne.Source: attalpresident.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
- François Ruffin: Make the State the majority shareholder in targeted production hubs, including digital technology
- 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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