Two days before the second round that would ratify him or not in the presidency, Emmanuel Macron spoke about digital assets and NFTs. The leader also backed up the MiCA regulation and the digital euro plans.
The current president of France, Emmanuel Macron, has long talked about Blockchain, a technology that, according to him, can put France at the forefront of improvements in many sectors. In 2017, when he got elected, he presented himself as a liberal and even photographed himself with a hardware Bitcoin wallet.
This Sunday, April 24, Macron gets ready to go to the second round of the presidential elections, where he competes with the right-wing candidate, Marine Le Pen, but it seems that he has the lead, according to the polls. This situation would ratify a new presidential term until 2027.
The leader gave some highlights to the local media to share his thoughts on the digital economy, a topic that he has spoken about much less than expected recently, in response to a series of questions about the digital economy, Web 3.0, and digital assets, made by The Big Whale.
Unicorns’ Growth
The interview reveals that Emmanuel Macron is quite happy with the growing number of French unicorn companies, which experienced growth from 3 to 26 during his presidential term. In contrast, investments general in French startups quintupled. The president also talked about raising expectations regarding 100 French entities with unicorn status and ten becoming European giants by 2030.
According to the French leader, one way to do that transformation would be to expand code as an educational model in public schools to prepare at least 400,000 to 500,000 developers for the years to come.
European Metaverse
The president also pointed to the European metaverse, saying it is vital that European players do not rely on American or Chinese tech giants to master the technology components linked to Web3.
Macron and his Stance Regarding Crypto Regulation
Pointing at the European Parliament’s recent crypto regulations, Macron backed up the current measure and specifically directed his support to the European Commission’s MiCA framework. He expressed that the new policies should not represent an obstruction to the ways to innovate in the tech field.
The French leader highlighted that he does not trust a self-regulated financial field. This action would not be sustainable or a move under democratic standards. He said it is the public entity’s duty to determine the right conditions to allow the sector to develop with confidence while creating an innovative tech environment.
The politician also openly backed up the digital euro project, which french citizens have recently rejected.
Macron concluded that he would continue to defend technology if he got elected. He expressed that it would be absurd to oppose the transformations, but he had a duty to prepare and train all french citizens to master these new advances.
By: Jenson Nuñez
