French Assembly inquiry finds EUR 1.5 billion public software spend non-European

France's National Assembly inquiry committee, chaired by Philippe Latombe with Cyrielle Chatelain as rapporteur, found 79 percent of 2025 public software spending, about EUR 1.5 billion a year, goes to non-European vendors, and urged mandatory open-source procurement from 2030.

Reported Editor-read Banque des Territoires, 16 July 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish that the government or Parliament will adopt any of the committee's 47 recommendations.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Inquiry findings/recommendations only, not adopted by government. European Sovereignty Index

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