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# France bars ministries from paying for non-sovereign cloud from 31 May
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-06-france-sovereign-cloud-budget-veto/
- Published: 2025-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:00:09.000Z
- Description: France's digital agency DINUM told the Senate that ministries will be barred from paying for cloud lacking ANSSI SecNumCloud qualification from 31 May 2025, under SREN law Article 31. Its director said Office 365 is already excluded at central state level.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Senat, commission d'enquete sur la commande publique, hearing transcript, 6 May 2025](https://www.senat.fr/compte-rendu-commissions/20250505/ce%5Fcommande%5Fpublique.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not confirm how strictly budget comptrollers will enforce the veto once it takes effect, nor which ministries still run unqualified cloud.

**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)