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French President Macron slams U.S. visa ban on Thierry Breton and others

By Thomson Reuters Dec 24, 2025 | 5:14 AM

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)