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# France's DINUM orders every ministry to cut non-European tech dependencies
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-08-france-dinum-reduces-non-european-dependencies/
- Published: 2026-04-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:48.000Z
- Description: DINUM held an interministerial seminar ordering every French ministry to file a plan cutting non-European tech dependencies by autumn 2026. DINUM begins moving its own workstations from Windows to Linux; CNAM shifts 80,000 agents to sovereign collaboration tools.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified

Verified [DINUM press release, 8 April 2026](https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any ministry has completed its migration or that non-European software has actually been removed from a live system.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, whose law governs. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight +8 of 36 possible. DINUM/CNAM begin shifting off US software (Windows, tools) to Linux/sovereign tools nationally, not yet complete. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)