At La REF, MEDEF’s annual gathering at Roland-Garros, Jean-Noël Barrot argued that Europe has moved from a mindset of regulation to one of capability and power. But the follow-up discussion quickly tested that claim against reality: the consensus was that Europe no longer suffers from a diagnosis problem on AI, but from an execution problem.

The core message was that the ingredients are there. Capital exists, and the strategic awareness is no longer missing. What Europe lacks is the ability to turn that awareness into industrial scale, faster deployment, and concrete competitive advantage. In other words, the debate is no longer about whether Europe understands the stakes of artificial intelligence, but whether it can actually build, fund, and execute at the pace required.

The exchange underscored a broader tension in Europe’s AI strategy: strong rhetoric about sovereignty, capacity, and power is not enough if it is not matched by operational delivery. The issue is not the absence of money or ideas, but the difficulty of converting them into effective action.

À La REF, le rendez-vous annuel du MEDEF installé à Roland-Garros, Jean-Noël BARROT venait d’assurer que l’Europe était passée d’une logique de régulation à une logique de capacité et de puissance. Quelques minutes plus tard, les six intervenants chargés de prolonger cette séquence ont soumis cette doctrine à l’épreuve du réel. Les capitaux existent, les …

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