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French MEP (Renew Europe), Mouvement Démocrate; member of the European Parliament's ITRE committee on industry, research and energy
The United States is once again demonstrating what we Liberals and Democrats have warned about so many times since Trump entered into office; that the US holds a real 'kill-switch' over essential technologies and that they are more than willing to use it. Europe needs put on the turbo in its strive to reach digital independence. The only way to reach it is by mobilising billions of euros in our own European AI ecosystem.
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The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US cloud providers
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports the core idea: it warns that the US has a technological 'kill-switch,' says Europe needs 'digital independence,' and argues for mobilising 'billions of euros' in 'our own European AI ecosystem.' That strongly implies support for building sovereign EU AI capacity to reduce reliance on US providers. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says the US has a technological "kill-switch" and that Europe must pursue "digital independence," adding that "the only way to reach it is by mobilising billions of euros in our own European AI ecosystem." That clearly supports building European AI capacity to reduce dependence on US providers. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The Renew Europe press release at the provided URL, dated June 15, 2026, contains this text as a block quote and directly attributes it to “Christophe Grudler,” identified there as a Renew Europe MEP from France. The wording matches the submitted quote verbatim aside from typographic quotation marks around ‘kill-switch,’ which does not change the text’s substance. ([reneweuropegroup.eu](https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-06-15/the-suspension-of-access-to-anthropics-frontier-ai-models-is-yet-another-a-wake-up-call-for-europe)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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