法国方案旨在将德国捆绑进一系列打着欧洲旗帜的中央集权化倡议。巴黎认为从通信、人工智能、云计算到航空航天与国防领域，都已具备培育欧洲领军企业的条件——最好是法国企业或由法国控股。借助默茨亟需政绩的心理，法国试图边缘化其他可能反对其议程的欧盟成员国。

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