Europe Pushes AI Sovereignty Amid US Restrictions and French Palantir Split

France’s domestic intelligence agency DGSI announced it will end its cooperation with U.S. data‑analytics firm Palantir, citing the need to avoid new strategic dependencies. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France will invest €655 million to develop an independent AI system.

In the United States, Anthropic halted access to its advanced large‑language models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign users following a U.S. trade‑security order. German‑based audius KI GmbH and industry groups warned that the ban highlights the German Mittelstand’s reliance on U.S. AI infrastructure and urged adoption of European‑hosted alternatives to safeguard data and maintain digital sovereignty.

German Green business association members discussed “digital sovereignty” as a lever for competitiveness, emphasizing public procurement, data‑control, and EU AI‑Act reforms to reduce reliance on U.S. and Chinese technologies. The GITEX AI EUROPE conference in Berlin gathered representatives from over 80 countries to promote partnerships and investment in a European AI market projected to exceed €1.5 trillion, showcasing firms such as BASF, Bosch, DeepL and the French startup Mistral AI, which is positioned as Europe’s flagship AI developer.

Collectively, these developments illustrate a coordinated European push to build autonomous AI capabilities, limit dependence on American platforms, and shape regulatory and market frameworks for the continent’s digital future.