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# France's Education Ministry signs up to EUR 152 million Microsoft deal
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-14-france-education-ministry-microsoft-framework-contract/
- Published: 2025-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:08.000Z
- Description: France's Education Ministry signed a four year Microsoft framework contract worth EUR 74 million to EUR 152 million, covering devices to cloud licensing programmes. The deal follows a ministry circular telling schools to shun non sovereign software.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Next.ink, 18 March 2025](https://next.ink/175788/leducation-nationale-signe-pour-100-millions-deuros-de-solutions-et-services-microsoft/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the ministry will spend near the EUR 152 million ceiling, nor where the covered cloud services are hosted.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)