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# Lagarde tells Europe it can still become AI's strong second mover
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-24-lagarde-ecb-ai-speech/
- Published: 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:03:28.000Z
- Description: ECB President Christine Lagarde told the BratislavAI Forum Europe missed AI's first wave but can still become a strong second mover. She urged minimum EU compute capacity, interoperable standards and deeper capital markets.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [European Central Bank speech, 24 November 2025](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2025/html/ecb.sp251124%5F1~c239fb4a7f.en.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not commit the ECB or any government to new funding or rules.

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**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)