LONDON : Senior bosses at leading French technology firms have warned curbs to immigration proposed by the far-right National Rally party pose a threat to the country's ambition to become Europe's leading AI hub.
FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally party parliamentary group, and Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally party and head of the RN list for the European elections, attend a political rally during the party's campaign for the EU elections, in Paris, France, June 2, 2024.
But Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally , which is predicted to win the most seats in the election, has pledged to reduce the number of migrant workers allowed into France and impose greater scrutiny on foreign investment."I completely agree with concerns regarding the party's anti-migration stance," said Julien Launay, CEO of AI startup Adaptive ML.
"The RN's policy platform includes proposals that emphasize stricter immigration controls and a focus on national preference in employment," he said. But the RN's proposed restrictions on hiring foreign workers could undermine that, according to Hugo Weber, head of public affairs at Paris-based e-commerce firm Mirakl, who described the party's policies as"fundamentally detrimental" to France's tech ecosystem.
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