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# Germany discloses EUR 481.1 million paid to Microsoft for licences in 2025
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-02-09-germany-microsoft-license-spending-2025/
- Published: 2026-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:51:17.000Z
- Description: Answering a written question from Green MP Rebecca Lenhard, the German government confirmed the federal administration paid Microsoft EUR 481.1 million for licences in 2025, up from EUR 347.4 million in 2024 and EUR 274.1 million in 2023.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported

Reported [heise online, 10 February 2026](https://www.heise.de/en/background/Microsoft-Dependency-Federal-Government-Pays-near-500-Million-Euros-in-One-Year-11171050.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not show any decision to cut this spending or move to open source alternatives.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Disclosure of already-paid spend, no new decision or contract change. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)