Alexandre Archambault: « French lawmakers are addicted to piling on laws indexed to the moods of public opinion »

Posted by Isabelle Szczepanski le 6 mars 2025

Alexandre Archambault is a lawyer specialising in digital questions and former head of regulatory affairs at Free. For several weeks now, he has made no secret of his concerns regardingt the proposed law « aimed at getting France out of the narcotrafficking trap », which was adopted by the Senate and, he says, jeopardizes fundamental rights. He believes that current law is perfectly equipped to fight Internet crime, provided that police and justice services have sufficient resources, which is not the case today.
The Sénat and the government boast of the unanimous vote on the so-called « narcotrafic » bill, which is being examined by the National Assembly as we speak. Can you tell us more about this text?
At heart, this text is anything but a surprise. The extension of interception techniques to online messaging and the weakening of encryption is a long-standing demand by investigative services, both in France and in other countries. However, the method used to achieve this goal is questionable, as it consists in opting for an amendment to a parliamentary text, which…

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