A group of French opposition lawmakers is seeking to delay or even block Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s plan to acquire part of embattled tech company Atos SE due to national security concerns.
One option to raise public awareness and pressure the government to act could be a parliamentary investigation committee, according to Olivier Marleix, who leads the conservative Les Republicains in France‘s lower house and is one of those spearheading the push.
“Atos is at the heart of French sovereignty and will be even more so in a world that increasingly relies on artificial intelligence and supercalculators,” he told Bloomberg on Wednesday. “We can’t just idly watch this financial patch-up job happening behind closed doors, in Macron’s office.”
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