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What the candidates say about AI

Statements from speeches, interviews, official accounts and reference media quoting the candidate. Statements with a direct link to AI come first, then those with an indirect link (data centers, energy, cloud, digital tools in schools, online public services: method), most recent first within each group. The observatory juxtaposes them without comment; readers judge for themselves.

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Gabriel Attal · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · November 8, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes that without a shift on AI within five years, France will be dependent on the United States and China

If we don't take the right turn, particularly on the issue of innovation, of artificial intelligence, in five years it will be too late. We will be colonized by the Americans and the Chinese.
Original French quote
Si on ne prend pas le bon virage, notamment sur le sujet d'innovation, d'intelligence artificielle, dans cinq ans, ce sera trop tard. On sera colonisés par les Américains et les Chinois.

Reported by Le Figaro (avec AFP) · lefigaro.fr

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · November 8, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Calls it "astounding" how little space is given to artificial intelligence in the presidential campaign

This subject is completely taking a back seat and that is totally astounding. Me, I don't understand it. It's as if at the time electricity was invented there had been a presidential campaign and electricity hadn't been debated
Original French quote
Ce sujet passe totalement au second plan et c'est totalement sidérant. Moi, je ne comprends pas. C'est comme si au moment de l'invention de l'électricité il y avait une campagne présidentielle et qu'on n'avait pas débattu de l'électricité

Reported by Le Figaro (avec AFP) · lefigaro.fr

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · November 8, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Distinguishes two AI battles: the best models, led by the United States, and diffusion, led by China

There are two battles being fought today. There is the battle to have the best models, it is rather the Americans who are winning it. And there is the battle to have the widest diffusion of AI in society, in the economy, it is rather the Chinese who are far ahead
Original French quote
Il y a deux batailles aujourd'hui qui se jouent. Il y a la bataille pour avoir les meilleurs modèles, ce sont plutôt les Américains qui sont en train de la gagner. Et il y a la bataille pour avoir la plus grande diffusion de l'IA dans la société dans l'économie, c'est plutôt les Chinois qui sont très en avance

Reported by Le Figaro (avec AFP) · lefigaro.fr

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Other Sectors · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Praises Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and his speech to UNESCO on artificial intelligence

Finally, I note his profound speech delivered at UNESCO on artificial intelligence, in perfect continuity with his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. The latter represents one of the most remarkable reflections, both lofty and nuanced, on the challenges of AI.
Original French quote
Je retiens enfin son discours profond prononcé à l’Unesco sur l’intelligence artificielle, dans la parfaite continuité de son encyclique Magnifica Humanitas. Cette dernière représente l’une des réflexions les plus remarquables, à la fois hautes et nuancées, sur les défis de l’IA.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Schools · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Wants to strengthen mathematics, the humanities and philosophy from the earliest age in the age of AI

in the age of AI, we will need culture, critical thinking and the ability to decode the world even more. Hence the importance of mathematics and the humanities, but also, as I have implemented in Cannes, of teaching philosophy and artistic and cultural education from the earliest age.
Original French quote
à l’âge de l’IA, nous aurons encore davantage besoin de culture, d’esprit critique, de capacité à décoder le monde. D’où l’importance des mathématiques et des humanités, mais aussi, comme je l’ai mis en place à Cannes, de l’enseignement, dès le plus jeune âge, de la philosophie et de l’éducation artistique et culturelle.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI, Culture, Media and Copyright · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Asked about the Thélyson Orélien affair, Lisnard sees AI as a writing tool and laziness of thought as the main danger

Used well, it can raise the author's standards and, consequently, the quality of what he offers his readers. The greatest danger remains laziness of thought, which consists in delegating to the machine the effort of building one's own reflection and of doubting.
Original French quote
Bien employée, elle peut élever l’exigence de l’auteur et, par conséquent, la qualité de ce qu’il offre à ses lecteurs. Le plus grand danger demeure la paresse de la pensée, qui consiste à déléguer à la machine l’effort de construire sa propre réflexion et de douter.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes that control of the routers directing requests to AI models will be a power issue

But a third one is opening up, that of routing. Tomorrow, routers will direct our requests to the different AI models according to their performance, their cost or data confidentiality. Controlling them will represent considerable power.
Original French quote
Mais une troisième s’ouvre, celle de l’aiguillage. Demain, des routeurs orienteront nos demandes vers les différents modèles d’IA selon leur performance, leur coût ou la confidentialité des données. Leur maîtrise représentera un pouvoir considérable.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Presents the combination of AI and robotics as a lever for reindustrialization

By combining AI with robotics, we can also once again produce in France what we had given up on manufacturing there. That is a major lever for reindustrialization.
Original French quote
En associant l’IA à la robotique, nous pouvons aussi produire à nouveau en France ce que nous avions renoncé à y fabriquer. Voilà un levier majeur de réindustrialisation.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Governance and Public Tools · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes that AI makes necessary a state that is strong on sovereign functions and able to invest in infrastructure

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 French quote
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

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Other Sectors · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Presents AI as an anthropological revolution that accelerates history

AI is not just a technological advance, it brings an anthropological revolution that will reshuffle all the cards, in every field. It is driving a considerable acceleration of history.
Original French quote
L’IA n’est pas qu’un progrès technologique, elle apporte une révolution anthropologique qui va redistribuer toutes les cartes, dans tous les domaines. Elle entraîne une considérable accélération de l’histoire.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI, Domestic Security and Justice · October 23, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Wants law enforcement to be able to use AI and drones in the face of riots

This requires better anticipation, units trained and available to intervene simultaneously in several locations, equipment and relief shifts. We must be able to use AI and drones.
Original French quote
Cela exige une meilleure anticipation, des unités entraînées et disponibles pour intervenir simultanément en plusieurs lieux, des équipements et des relèves. Il faut pouvoir se servir de l’IA et des drones.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Governance and Public Tools · October 16, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes a country must first use AI itself within public authorities in order to count in the AI race

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 French quote
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

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Other Sectors · October 16, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Expects AI and robotics to deliver solutions on the environment and health, including cancer

The more the machine progresses, the more AI, robotics will progress and will bring us exceptional solutions to environmental, ecological problems, to sanitary problems, health problems in the face of cancer.
Original French quote
Plus la machine va progresser, plus l’IA, la robotique va progresser et va nous apporter des solutions exceptionnelles sur les problèmes environnementaux, écologiques, sur les problèmes sanitaires, de santé face au cancer.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · AI Regulation and the AI Act · September 25, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Endorses Emmanuel Macron's call for a global artificial intelligence authority

Macron made the right choice" in arguing "for a global artificial intelligence authority, as proposed by the pope, China and more than 20 countries
Original French quote
Macron a fait le bon choix» en plaidant «pour une autorité mondiale de l'intelligence artificielle, comme le proposent le pape, la Chine et plus de 20 pays

Reported by AFP · icibeyrouth.com · archived copy

Olivier Faure · Statement · AI Regulation and the AI Act · September 25, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes we should not entrust AI with what we would not entrust to a human being

The machine seems to think faster than man. But in reality, it does not think, it imitates. The difficulty is not to entrust AI with what we would not entrust to a human being.
Original French quote
La machine semble penser plus vite que l'homme. Mais en réalité, elle ne pense pas, elle imite. La difficulté, c'est de ne pas confier à l'IA ce que nous ne confierions pas à un être humain.

Reported by BFMTV (BFM Tech) · bfmtv.com · archived copy

Sarah Knafo · Statement · AI and Healthcare · September 25, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Describes personal assistance robots as connected chairs that do not replace human contact

We are not talking about replacing human contact, AI is not going to replace it. What we observe in Japan or South Korea are connected chairs - which are called robots - that make it possible to raise people up, and detect falls.
Original French quote
On ne parle pas de remplacer le lien humain, l'IA ne va pas le remplacer. Ce qu'on observe au Japon ou en Corée du Sud, ce sont des fauteuils connectés - qu'on appelle des robots - qui permettent de surélever, et détecter les chutes.

Reported by BFMTV (BFM Tech) · bfmtv.com · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · AI Regulation and the AI Act · September 24, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Proposes a sovereign AI and international regulation inspired by nuclear cooperation

Bringing about a sovereign artificial intelligence On artificial intelligence, Gabriel Attal advocates international regulation, on the model of the cooperation put in place in the nuclear field.
Original French quote
Faire émerger une intelligence artificielle souveraine Sur l'intelligence artificielle, Gabriel Attal défend une régulation internationale , sur le modèle de la coopération mise en place dans le domaine nucléaire.

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · User Services and Administrative Procedures · September 22, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Presents, as mayor of Cannes, AI in municipal services as a gain in public service efficiency

More AI in the right place means more performance, better organized municipal services, staff placed in contact with users, teams refocused on high value-added missions and, ultimately, a more efficient public service for residents.
Original French quote
Plus d’IA au bon endroit, c’est plus de performance, des services municipaux mieux organisés, des agents mis au contact des usagers, des équipes recentrées sur les missions à forte valeur ajoutée et, in fine, un service public plus efficace pour les habitants.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

Natacha Polony · Statement · AI in Schools · September 14, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Links France's ability to face the AI revolution to a solid foundation of knowledge at school

There will be no capacity for France to survive the AI revolution without building, for its children, a solid and protective foundation of knowledge and learning.
Original French quote
Il n’y aura pas de capacité pour la France à survivre à la révolution de l’IA sans la constitution, pour ses enfants, d’un socle solide et protecteur de connaissances et de savoirs.

Source: revue-laudace.fr · archived copy

Éric Zemmour · Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · September 13, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Presents artificial intelligence as a third industrial revolution for the West

The core of his back-to-work speech focused on artificial intelligence, which according to him will serve as the "third great industrial revolution in the history of the West"
Original French quote
Le cœur de son discours de rentrée s’est porté sur l’intelligence artificielle, qui selon lui, fera office de "troisième grande révolution industrielle de l’histoire de l’Occident"

Reported by Orange Actualités (6Médias avec L'Express) · actu.orange.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · August 25, 2026 · Direct link with AI

AI is listed among the four priority projects announced, with the goal of placing France at the forefront in Europe

His four key projects remain School, wages, borders and artificial intelligence, with one objective: to once again make France the leading power in Europe.
Original French quote
Ses quatre chantiers capitaux restent l’École, les salaires, les frontières et l’intelligence artificielle, avec un objectif : faire de nouveau de la France la première puissance d’Europe.

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · AI in Schools · August 25, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Use of AI to personalize learning, with a limit on the student's work

The objective is to take advantage of artificial intelligence's ability to personalize learning while setting a clear limit: AI must help the student understand and learn, never do the work in their place.
Original French quote
L’objectif est de tirer parti de la capacité de l’intelligence artificielle à personnaliser l’apprentissage tout en fixant une limite claire : l’IA doit aider l’élève à comprendre et à apprendre, jamais faire le travail à sa place.

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · July 22, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Artificial intelligence is presented as one of the candidate's four strategic priorities

he proposes a clear break with four strategic priorities: schools, wages, borders and artificial intelligence
Original French quote
il propose une rupture claire avec quatre priorités stratégiques : l'école, les salaires, les frontières et l'intelligence artificielle

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · July 22, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Observation on the potential of AI, usable by capital as well as by labor

Artificial intelligence offers considerable possibilities, for capital as well as for labor, reactionaries or humanists.
Original French quote
L'intelligence artificielle offre des possibilités considérables, pour le capital comme pour le travail, les réactionnaires ou les humanistes.

Source: melenchon.fr · archived copy

Édouard Philippe · Statement · Employment and Workforce Training · July 5, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Cites the effects of AI on jobs among the stakes of the election

the consequences of AI on their jobs, the consequences of climate change on their cities, I have said it and I will say it again because that is what is at stake in the election
Original French quote
les conséquences de l'IA sur leurs emplois, les conséquences du changement climatique sur leurs villes, je l'ai dit je vais le redire parce que c'est ça l'enjeu de l'élection

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Édouard Philippe · Statement · AI in Schools · July 5, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Proposal for universal academic support combining a personalized AI assistant and teachers

I want every student in France to have access to universal academic support, combining a personalized AI assistant and brigades of teachers
Original French quote
je souhaite que chaque élève de France ait accès à un soutien scolaire universel, combinant assistant IA personnalisé et brigades de professeurs

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Édouard Philippe · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · July 5, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Call to build full European sovereignty covering AI, energy and defense

When it comes to AI and technology, when it comes to energy, defense or financial markets, we must dare to build a full European sovereignty
Original French quote
En matière d'IA et de technologies, en matière d'énergie, de défense ou de marchés financiers, nous devons oser construire une souveraineté européenne intégrale

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Édouard Philippe · Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · July 5, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Discusses his exchanges with executives transforming their production through AI, between opportunities and risks

It is quite enlightening to speak with the big bosses of this technology, the great adventurers of this modern technological conquest, or the big bosses who are transforming their ways of producing thanks to AI, because they see all the opportunities and all the risks.
Original French quote
C'est assez éclairant de parler avec les grands patrons de cette technologie, les grands aventuriers de cette conquête technologique moderne ou les grands patrons qui sont en train de transformer leurs façons de produire grâce à l'IA parce qu'ils voient tous les opportunités et tous les risques.

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Édouard Philippe · Statement · Employment and Workforce Training · July 5, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Question about future occupations amid the spread of AI across all fields

What occupation will they hold with AI coming, which is here and which is working its way, it is a fact, into every field of production, of thinking, of exchanges?
Original French quote
Quel métier vont-ils exercer avec l'IA qui arrive, qui est là et qui s'immisce, c'est un fait dans tous les domaines de la production, de la réflexion, des échanges ?

Source: edouardphilippe.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 18, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Sets the goal of France becoming the leading European power in AI within ten years

Gabriel Attal defended his ambition for France to become, indisputably and within ten years, the leading European power in artificial intelligence
Original French quote
Gabriel Attal a défendu sa volonté que la France devienne, de façon incontestable et d'ici dix ans, la première puissance européenne en matière d'intelligence artificielle

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · June 18, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Announcement of a 200 billion euro plan to fund AI, tech and innovation

He thus announces the presentation, as early as the fall, of a massive plan of 200 billion euros intended to finance AI, tech and innovation.
Original French quote
Il annonce ainsi la présentation, dès l'automne, d'un plan massif de 200 milliards d’euros destiné à financer l'IA, la tech et l'innovation.

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · June 18, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Call for more long-term private capital to spread AI through the economy and support start-ups

he argues for the emergence of more private capital over the long term, in order to encourage the diffusion of AI throughout the French economy and to unleash the talents of our start-ups
Original French quote
il plaide pour l'émergence de davantage de capitaux privés sur le long terme, afin d'inciter à la diffusion de l'IA dans l'ensemble de l'économie française et de libérer les talents de nos start-ups

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · June 18, 2026 · Direct link with AI

€200 billion plan betting on public procurement and AI in schools for technological sovereignty

Driven by a massive €200 billion plan, this project is betting on public procurement and the integration of AI starting in school to guarantee our technological sovereignty, boost productivity and raise the purchasing power of the French.
Original French quote
Porté par un plan massif de 200 milliards d’euros, ce projet mise sur la commande publique et l'intégration de l'IA dès l'école pour garantir notre souveraineté technologique, booster la productivité et rehausser le pouvoir d'achat des Français.

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 13, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Observation on the United States extending strategic control to artificial intelligence

For the first time, the United States is applying to artificial intelligence itself a logic of strategic control comparable to the one already implemented on semiconductors or certain military technologies.
Original French quote
Pour la première fois, les États-Unis appliquent à l’intelligence artificielle elle-même une logique de contrôle stratégique comparable à celle déjà mise en œuvre sur les semi-conducteurs ou certaines technologies militaires.

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 13, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Mastery of artificial intelligence is presented as a central factor of sovereignty

The world is entering a new phase of technological competition in which mastery of artificial intelligence is becoming a central factor of sovereignty.
Original French quote
Le monde entre dans une nouvelle phase de compétition technologique où la maîtrise de l’intelligence artificielle devient un facteur central de souveraineté.

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 13, 2026 · Direct link with AI

AI is presented as a sovereignty issue comparable to energy, defense or telecommunications

the major powers have perfectly identified that artificial intelligence constitutes a sovereignty issue comparable to energy, to defense or to telecommunications
Original French quote
les grandes puissances ont parfaitement identifié que l’intelligence artificielle constitue un enjeu de souveraineté comparable à l’énergie, à la défense ou aux télécommunications

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 13, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Criticism of French dependence on foreign digital, cloud and AI infrastructure

France continues to organize its dependence by allowing strategic digital, cloud and AI infrastructure to develop under the control of foreign capital, technologies and platforms
Original French quote
la France continue d’organiser sa dépendance en laissant les infrastructures stratégiques du numérique, du cloud et de l’IA se développer sous contrôle de capitaux, de technologies et de plateformes étrangères

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 13, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Foreign investment does not give control over software, models and computing capacity

Hosting foreign investment does not mean controlling the software, the models, the patents or the computing capacity that structure tomorrow's economy.
Original French quote
Accueillir des investissements étrangers ne signifie pas contrôler les logiciels, les modèles, les brevets ou les capacités de calcul qui structurent l’économie de demain.

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Gabriel Attal · Statement · AI, Domestic Security and Justice · June 10, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Proposal to use AI to reduce administrative slowness in the functioning of the justice system

Eradicating administrative slowness through AI The functioning of the justice system suffers from unacceptable slowness and technological disconnection.
Original French quote
Éradiquer la lenteur administrative grâce à l'IA Le fonctionnement de la justice souffre d'une lenteur et d'une déconnexion technologique inacceptables.

Source: attalpresident.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · June 1, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Data centers, computing, cloud and AI described as sovereignty infrastructure

Data centers, computing capacity, cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence systems are now sovereignty infrastructure as important as energy, transportation or telecommunications.
Original French quote
Les data centers, les capacités de calcul, les infrastructures cloud et les systèmes d’intelligence artificielle sont désormais des infrastructures de souveraineté aussi importantes que l’énergie, les transports ou les télécommunications.

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Siting and Land · June 1, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Mention of SoftBank's announced investments in AI infrastructure and data centers in France

The announcements linked to SoftBank, which mentions up to 75 billion euros of investment in AI infrastructure and data centers in France, illustrate this orientation.
Original French quote
Les annonces liées à SoftBank, qui évoque jusqu’à 75 milliards d’euros d’investissements dans les infrastructures d’IA et les data centers en France, illustrent cette orientation.

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

Jean-Luc Mélenchon · Statement · Siting and Land · June 1, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Criticism of government announcements on data centers and AI infrastructure funded by foreign groups

the government is now celebrating new giant data center and AI infrastructure projects, including several tens of billions of euros backed by foreign groups
Original French quote
le gouvernement célèbre désormais de nouveaux projets géants de data centers et d’infrastructures d’IA, dont plusieurs dizaines de milliards d’euros portés par des groupes étrangers

Source: lafranceinsoumise.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Observation on the share of European AI start-ups generating their revenue in the United States

With 46% of European AI start-ups already generating their main revenue across the Atlantic, this dependence is deep.
Original French quote
Avec 46 % des start-up européennes de l’IA qui réalisent déjà leur principal chiffre d’affaires outre-Atlantique, cette dépendance est profonde.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Criticism of the idea that data centers financed by foreign capital with American AI models constitute digital sovereignty

building data centers in France financed by foreign capital to run American AI models on Nvidia chips, thanks to cheap nuclear energy and a few land acquisition facilities, is not digital sovereignty
Original French quote
construire des data centers en France financés par des capitaux étrangers pour faire tourner des modèles d’IA américains sur des puces Nvidia, grâce à de l’énergie nucléaire bon marché et quelques facilités d’acquisition du foncier, ce n’est pas de la souveraineté numérique

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Other Sectors · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes the most transformative AI is the invisible kind, coupled with sensors, robotics and biotechnologies

the most transformative AI is the one we don't see and that changes the game: predictive, embedded, coupled with sensors, with robotics, with biotechnologies
Original French quote
l'IA la plus transformatrice est celle qu'on ne voit pas et qui change la donne : prédictive, embarquée, couplée à des capteurs, à la robotique, aux biotechnologies

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Believes that using AI as a cognitive crutch weakens critical thinking and learning

Used as a cognitive crutch, AI atrophies critical thinking, the capacity for autonomous reasoning, the intellectual effort that is the very foundation of learning
Original French quote
Utilisée comme béquille cognitive, l’IA atrophie l’esprit critique, la capacité de raisonnement autonome, l’effort intellectuel qui est le socle même de l’apprentissage

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · User Services and Administrative Procedures · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Use of AI to detect hazardous products in waste collection and its effect on sorting rejects

In waste collection, an AI automatically identifies hazardous products and has reduced sorting rejects by 220 tons.
Original French quote
Dans la collecte des déchets, une IA identifie automatiquement les produits dangereux et a réduit de 220 tonnes les refus de tri.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Call to train minds in doubt and argumentation in the face of algorithmic certainties

To resist instantaneous answers, algorithmic certainties, we will need minds trained in methodical doubt, in argumentation, in the distinction between the true and the plausible.
Original French quote
Pour résister aux réponses instantanées, aux certitudes algorithmiques, il faudra des esprits formés au doute méthodique, à l’argumentation, à la distinction entre le vrai et le vraisemblable.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Governance and Public Tools · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Use of generative AI to cut the production time of public service delegation reports

And generative AI, far from being a gimmick, has divided by ten the production time of public service delegation reports.
Original French quote
Et l’IA générative, loin du gadget, a divisé par dix le temps de production des rapports de délégation de service public.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Observation on French companies' AI investments captured by American players

When our companies invest in artificial intelligence, most of the spending flows back to the west coast of the United States.
Original French quote
Quand nos entreprises investissent dans l’intelligence artificielle, l’essentiel de la dépense remonte vers la côte ouest des Etats-Unis.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Governance and Public Tools · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Announcement of a first AI Summit of Elected Officials bringing together mayors and local public decision-makers

the first Sommet IA des Elus, which will bring together more than 150 mayors, department presidents and public decision-makers committed to the digital transformation of their local authorities
Original French quote
le premier Sommet IA des Elus qui réunira plus de 150 maires, présidents de département et décideurs publics engagés dans la transformation numérique de leurs collectivités

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Observation on American and Chinese dominance of large generative AI models, apart from Mistral

And the large generative AI models are almost all American or Chinese, with the notable exception of France's Mistral.
Original French quote
Et les grands modèles d'IA générative sont quasiment tous américains ou chinois à l'exception notable du français Mistral.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · February 11, 2026 · Direct link with AI

Observation on the transformation of production lines by predictive maintenance and robotics

In industry, predictive maintenance, collaborative robotics and logistics optimization are already transforming production lines.
Original French quote
Dans l’industrie, la maintenance prédictive, la robotique collaborative, l’optimisation logistique transforment déjà les chaînes de production.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work · October 23, 2026 · Indirect link with AI

On Wandercraft's exoskeletons, Lisnard contrasts the machine that lifts man up with the one that replaces him

This was the best of what technology can do and, above all, a symbol: not the machine that replaces man, but the one that lifts him up.
Original French quote
Il s’agissait là de ce que la technologie permet de meilleur et surtout d’un symbole : non pas la machine qui remplace l’homme, mais celle qui le relève.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Research, Investment and Business · October 23, 2026 · Indirect link with AI

Cites nuclear power as an asset in AI competition and wants to mobilize capital and public procurement

We have real assets, with our engineers, our entrepreneurs and our abundant, decarbonized and potentially cheap nuclear electricity. But we still need to free up capital, notably through funded pensions, to simplify and to mobilize public procurement in order to bring forth our technological champions
Original French quote
Nous avons des atouts réels, avec nos ingénieurs, nos entrepreneurs et notre électricité nucléaire abondante, décarbonée et potentiellement bon marché. Encore faut-il libérer les capitaux, notamment grâce à la retraite par capitalisation, simplifier et mobiliser la commande publique pour faire émerger nos champions technologiques

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · AI, Culture, Media and Copyright · October 23, 2026 · Indirect link with AI

Calls for addressing the remuneration of authors and media outlets and respect for copyright in the face of AI

We must also take very seriously the issues of fair remuneration for authors and media outlets, the protection of their works, and respect for copyright.
Original French quote
Nous devons aussi prendre très au sérieux les problématiques de la juste rémunération des auteurs et des médias, de la protection de leurs œuvres, et du respect du droit d’auteur.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy

François Ruffin · Statement · Siting and Land · September 9, 2026 · Indirect link with AI

Criticism of the use of farmland to build data centers for American digital groups

While the country has been debating food sovereignty for years, it is suddenly no longer an issue when it comes to sacrificing farmland to build the data centers of the American digital giants.
Original French quote
Alors que le pays débat de souveraineté alimentaire depuis des années, il n’en est soudain plus question lorsqu’il s’agit de sacrifier des terres agricoles pour construire les datacenters des géants américains du numérique.

Source: nouspresident.fr · archived copy

David Lisnard · Statement · Digital Sovereignty and Cloud · February 11, 2026 · Indirect link with AI

Observation on the share of American players in the French cloud market, the infrastructure of AI

Three American companies, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, alone capture more than two thirds of the French cloud market, an infrastructure indispensable to AI.
Original French quote
Trois entreprises américaines – Amazon, Microsoft, Google – captent à elles seules plus des deux tiers du marché français du cloud, infrastructure indispensable à l’IA.

Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy