The CEO of Paris-based Mistral, often touted as a European AI champion, raised concerns over the concentration of AI power in a few companies during the global summit in India, while political leaders focused on tech safety.
French president Emmanuel Macron lands in New Delhi on Monday where he and other EU leaders will join prime minister Narendra Modi and AI executives future of AI at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
The new EU narrative on India reflects a modesty, pragmatism and flexibility that has long been absent from its dealings with the Global South. The unhelpful habit of dividing the world into democracies and autocracies is fading, replaced by a grudging acknowledgement that the EU is a middle-sized power which must work harder to find its place in a multipolar world, writes Shada Islam.
A former EU trade negotiator reflects on the winners and losers in the new EU-India deal. The big question is whether this agreement signifies a tectonic shift in world trade: the world’s two biggest democracies, the second and fourth largest economies, asserting common values in the face of a rogue US and a hostile China? The EU certainly likes to think so.
Why the EU-India trade deal sparks both praise and pushback — explained.