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Comment by Kent Walker

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Google President of Global Affairs
We deliver a lot of value to Europe. Erecting walls that make it harder to use some of the best technology in the world, especially as it’s advancing so quickly, would actually be counter-productive. [...] If we have 190 countries with 190 different rules, it’s very difficult to build software.
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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 is directly relevant. In the source context, Walker is responding to Brussels' efforts to reduce reliance on US tech giants, and he argues that building 'walls' against foreign technology would be 'counter-productive' while favoring partnership-based 'open digital sovereignty' instead. That makes a determinate stance on the statement substantially more likely. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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AI Verified Against: he says building European "walls" against foreign tech would be "counter-productive," and the article presents this as a warning against Brussels's push to reduce reliance on US tech giants, so he is opposing sovereign AI infrastructure framed as reducing dependence on US providers. ([timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-warns-europe-we-deliver-lot-of-value-to-you-and-you-are-/amp_articleshow/128311737.cms)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the provided Times of India URL contains both quoted sentences verbatim and attributes them to Kent Walker. The first sentence appears in the article’s quoted passage about Europe at line 82, and the second appears at line 89; the submitter’s [...] is a permissible omission joining two separate quoted passages from the same article. The article is dated Feb. 13, 2026. ([timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-warns-europe-we-deliver-lot-of-value-to-you-and-you-are-/amp_articleshow/128311737.cms)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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