France announces a crucial step toward phasing out Windows
France announces a crucial step toward phasing out Windows
La France prend une décision radicale contre Windows
La direction du numérique en France va basculer de Windows à Linux et l'État engage un grand chantier de réduction de la « dépendance numérique
The digital directorate in France will switch from Windows to Linux and the state is embarking on a major project to reduce the “outer European digital dependency”
The subject of digital sovereignty has been imposed in the public debate since the beginning of 2026 in the face of a hypothesis: and if the United States cut off access to some of its technologies in Europe.
In France, the Prime Minister commissioned the Inter-Ministerial Directorate of Digital Affairs (DINUM) to “reduce the state’s extra-European digital dependencies”. It is this body that supervises the computer equipment and the deployment of services to the various government administrations.
The first target is now known: it is Windows.