"L'Europe 🇪🇺 n'a pas été faite, nous avons eu la guerre".
Il y a 76 ans, Robert Schuman prononçait la déclaration historique du 9 mai, qui allait transformer à jamais le cours de l'histoire européenne ↓
Today at the biggest defence industry meet up #Eurosatory2026, impressed with so much European power, scale, innovation!
Big&small, new&established, from the south to the east of the EU&🇺🇦 - everyone is here!
Thank you 🇫🇷 France and minister @CaVautrin for this opportunity.
Europe is innovating & ambitious.
We have +45K startups, including thousands focused on AI. We also have more AI researchers per capita than many of our industrial competitors.
The ingredients for leadership are here.
Now it is time for Europe to scale innovation.
#VivaTech
The challenge today is: enabling more companies to grow, compete globally, and remain anchored in Europe.
• The EU Inc. will allow companies to operate seamlessly across the EU
• The Scaleup Europe Fund is mobilising capital to close the late-stage financing gap (2/2)
After joining the discussion at @VivaTech, it is clear for me that Europe is not failing to create and grow startups.
Europe built a strong innovation ecosystem, with world-class science, growing venture capital, and a record 27,000 new tech companies created last year. (1/2)
Avec la France, nous renforçons aujourd’hui la capacité de l’Europe à prendre en main sa propre sécurité. Une vision portée de longue date par la France, qui devient aujourd’hui plus que jamais une réalité. 🇪🇺🇫🇷 #SAFE
Today at #Eurosatory2026, EU & France signed #SAFE agreement.
Happy to see that 🇫🇷 France is benefiting from 🇪🇺 EU instruments.
SAFE brings ambition, scale, interoperability, innovation to European & Ukrainian defence industry.
"En matière d'IA et de numérique, l'Europe 🇪🇺 a tout pour réussir :
🧑🔬 nous avons parmi les meilleurs chercheurs de la planète
🧑💻 nous avons + d'ingénieurs en IA que les États-Unis
💡 nous avons un écosystème de startups parmi les plus dynamiques au monde"
- @EZaharievaEU
Excellent exchange today with Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space of #france .
Our shared ambition? Making research and innovation the driving force of Europe’s economy. This starts with an ambitious Horizon Europe for 2028-2034.
📸 Visite de la commissaire européenne à la recherche et à l'innovation @EZaharievaEU ce matin à l'@institutpasteur 🇫🇷🇪🇺
À la pointe de la recherche biomédicale, l'Institut est l'un des principaux bénéficiaires de @HorizonEU & un acteur clé de la protection de la santé publique.
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🇺🇦 Ukraine shows how innovation is transforming modern warfare and military demand.
2 years ago, only 10 Ukrainian companies attended Eusatory - today, there are 80.
Integrating this expertise is a strategic interest and will help build a stronger #EUDefence industry 🇪🇺
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We need an effective and integrated European defence market 🇪🇺.
One that:
➡️ increases production
➡️ drives innovation
➡️ strengthens our ability to defend ourselves
➡️ enhances deterrence
It will help national defence industries grow and prosper.