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Head of TotalEnergies says EU may wish to consider its own DOGE programme
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Posted on February 21, 2025
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1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
TotalEnergies' CEO Patrick Pouyanne suggests the EU consider a DOGE programme to improve efficiency, similar to the US model led by Elon Musk.
PARIS (Reuters) - Patrick Pouyanne, the chairman and chief executive of TotalEnergies, said on Friday that the European Union may wish to consider its own DOGE government downsizing programme, like the one underway in the United States.
Many critics of the European Union say its bureaucratic processes hold back the bloc compared to the United States and China, which have faster growing economies.
"I don't know if we need a DOGE programme, all these civil servants....It's a question, can Europeans really re-think their own model?" said Pouyanne, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations.
U.S. President Donald Trump has made the Department of Government Efficiency one of his key policies, with Elon Musk overseeing the cost-cutting programme.
(Reporting by America Hernandez and Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
Patrick Pouyanne suggested that the European Union may wish to consider its own DOGE government downsizing programme.
Critics argue that the European Union's bureaucratic processes hinder its competitiveness compared to faster-growing economies like the United States and China.
Pouyanne raised the question of whether Europeans can rethink their own model while discussing the potential need for a DOGE programme.
Elon Musk oversees the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, which is a key policy of former President Donald Trump.
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