Emmanuel Macron at the Aras in 2021. Image: Maxwells Dublin
France adds €1bn to its quantum push as the US and Europe race to dominate a technology that could reshape computing, defence and drug discovery.
France has announced an additional €1bn investment into its quantum strategy, on top of the €2.3bn the country had already committed to quantum research since 2021. That brings its total public commitment in the field to €3.3bn.
“The speed of our competitors requires that we shift into a higher gear” and “change the scale” of investment, President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to a supercomputing centre in Bruyères-le-Châtel, south of Paris, according to AFP.
“In all of these questions, there’s a battle over sovereignty that is being fought and must absolutely be won… technological dependencies will more and more become industrial and strategic dependencies,” he added. “I’ll say it out loud. We have the means to be the winners of this race.”
