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# Merz and Macron announce EUR 12 billion digital sovereignty pledges in Berlin
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-18-germany-france-berlin-digital-summit/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:31.000Z
- Description: At a Berlin digital summit Chancellor Merz said companies had agreed over EUR 12 billion in new investments, launching a Next Frontier AI initiative for sovereign models. He and Macron also urged Brussels to delay AI Act high risk rules by a year.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Bundesregierung press release, 18 November 2025](https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/digitale-souveraenitaet-eu-2394404?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the EUR 12 billion is new money beyond companies' existing plans.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)