Thierry Breton on The EU should build sovereign AI infras…

Thierry Breton

EU internal market commissioner

It must invest in research and critical infrastructure: sovereign cloud services [...] AI and algorithms [...] freeing ourselves [...] such as the US [...] Cloud Act.

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The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US providers

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AI Verified The quote explicitly calls for sovereign cloud services and AI infrastructure to free Europe from dependence on US legal exposure, which is directly relevant to EU sovereign AI infrastructure. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Calling for sovereign cloud services and AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on the US supports the statement that the EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified. The cited Guardian op-ed by Thierry Breton, published on November 18, 2025, contains these exact passages: “It must invest in research and critical infrastructure: sovereign cloud services ...”, “AI and algorithms ...”, and “freeing ourselves from jurisdictions outside Europe governing our data – such as the US with its Patriot Act and Cloud Act ...”. The wording in your quote is a stitched excerpt with ellipses from lines 171 and 174 of the article, but it is correctly attributed to Breton and faithfully reflects the source text. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/18/europe-digital-us-online-safety-laws)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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