AI Nationalization: France Invests €655M in Unified State Service Chatbot

European capitals are shifting toward technological protectionism. On June 16, 2026, the French government officially approved a major €655 million state investment package to accelerate its national AI strategy. The key practical step will be deploying a single intelligent chatbot across all public services.

This move by Paris represents strict B2G sovereignization policy. Against the backdrop of pervasive espionage risks and recent US export enforcements, the Fifth Republic is attempting to completely purge American platforms (like Microsoft Copilot) from its state apparatus, courts, and tax agencies. The unified sovereign public service interface will run on models from French developers (such as Mistral AI), with servers anchored domestically. France demonstrates that in the AGI era, owning communication channels with citizens is a core element of national security.

Source: Government of France / TF1 / Reuters