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Macron pledges French state investment in NAISTS transatlantic cable to New York

During a visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon on 20 September 2026, President Macron said the French state would invest alongside operator SCLES in NAISTS, a 6,000 kilometre cable linking Brittany to New York, without naming a figure.

Reported AI-drafted la1ere.franceinfo.fr (France Televisions), 22 September 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish a signed financing agreement, a committed sum, or a construction start date.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Pledge only, no signed deal or sum; French national cable project. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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