France digital decade report highlights AI and broadband progress

The European Commission has published France’s Digital Decade 2026 country report, with a corrigendum correcting figures in the State of the Digital Decade 2026 communication.

• The report says France has strong digital assets, including fibre coverage, a digitally skilled population, and a vibrant AI ecosystem, while recommending action on SMEs, ICT specialists, AI uptake, public services, semiconductors, and quantum.
• It also gives funding and trajectory details: France allocates EUR 8.1 billion from its recovery and resilience plan to digital transition, EUR 2.0 billion from cohesion policy to digital transformation, and the roadmap measures total EUR 3.15 billion in public budget; the corrigendum updates VHCN coverage to 85.6% and 4-year progress to 22.8%.