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Posted on December 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleFrench President Macron criticizes U.S. visa bans on Thierry Breton and others, viewing them as intimidation against European digital sovereignty.
PARIS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday slammed a decision by the United States to impose visa bans on former European Union commissioner Thierry Breton and other anti-disinformation campaigners.
"France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty," Macron said on social media platform X.
"Together with the European Commission and our European partners, we will continue to defend our digital sovereignty and our regulatory autonomy," he added.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Editing Charotte Van Campenhout)
Digital sovereignty refers to the ability of a state or organization to govern its digital space, including data, technology, and internet infrastructure, independent of foreign influence or control.
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