{"id":598391,"date":"2026-05-22T17:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598391\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:50:20","slug":"ceo-of-one-of-frances-biggest-engineering-groups-bouygues-issues-america-warning-says-europe-doesnt-realize-exactly-how-dangerous-it-is-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598391\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO of one of France\u2019s biggest engineering groups Bouygues issues ‘America warning’; says: Europe doesn\u2019t realize exactly how dangerous it is to \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CEOAI generated image for representation Europe has received another warning about its dependence on American technology infrastructure, this time from Olivier Roussat, CEO of French engineering and telecommunications group Bouygues. Roussat said Europe is becoming too reliant on US technology infrastructure and does not fully understand the risks of relying on American systems in areas such as artificial intelligence and satellite connectivity.Speaking to CNBC, Roussat warned that Europe should develop greater technological independence rather than relying heavily on US infrastructure. \u201cThere [are] two things for the future where we need [Europe to] realize how big it is. This is AI, and this is satellite. Europe doesn\u2019t realize exactly how dangerous it is to just rely on the American infrastructure,\u201d Roussat said.<\/p>\n

Bouygues CEO calls for European sovereignty in AI and satellite networks<\/p>\n

Roussat highlighted the need for Europe to build alternatives in strategic sectors, including satellite communications, rather than relying on services such as Starlink.\u201cIt\u2019s not sure that we absolutely need to get a Starlink or something like this,\u201d he said, adding that Europe needs something \u201cto get some sovereignty.\u201dThe comments come as AI systems and satellite networks increasingly become critical to communication systems, business operations and digital infrastructure. Starlink, operated by SpaceX<\/a>, currently has around 10,000 satellites in orbit and is one of the dominant providers of satellite internet services.Roussat\u2019s remarks also coincide with Bouygues\u2019 efforts to reshape the French telecom market. In April, the company submitted a cash bid alongside Free\u2013iliad Group and Orange for a controlling stake in telecom operator SFR.The proposed deal, valued at 20.35 billion euros ($23.6 billion), would reduce the number of telecom operators in France from four to three if approved by regulators.The transaction is expected to face scrutiny from European antitrust authorities as regulators assess its impact on competition in the telecom market.\u201cThe game for them [the European Commission] is to set up conditions where we will have a fair competition between us, and I think it\u2019s possible,\u201d Roussat said.Bouygues operates in construction, transport, and telecommunications, while France\u2019s telecom sector has faced continued pricing pressure from competition among operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI generated image for representation Europe has received another warning about its dependence on American technology infrastructure, this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,204325,204327,733,4308,204323,204326,204330,204324,204328,412,9676,86,204329,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-598391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-ai-and-satellite-infrastructure","tag-american-technology-dependence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-bouygues","tag-european-technology-independence","tag-france-engineering-groups","tag-olivier-roussat","tag-sfr-acquisition","tag-spacex","tag-starlink","tag-technology","tag-telecom-market-competition","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}