'Intimidation and coercion': France condemns US visa restrictions on 5 Europeans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty," Macron said on US social media company X. Macron stressed that the EU's digital rules were adopted through a "democratic and sovereign process" by the European Parliament and the Council, and apply within Europe to ensure fair competition among digital platforms.
42% : "The rules governing the European Union's digital space are not meant to be determined outside Europe," Macron said.
37% : He said the regulations do not target any third country and are designed to ensure that what is illegal offline is also illegal online.
31% : 'Rules governing the European Union's digital space are not meant to be determined outside Europe,' says President Macron French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday condemned visa restriction measures imposed by the US on former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and four other European figures, calling them acts of "intimidation and coercion.

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