News Summary

• The French government has sped up its efforts to develop and deploy its own technology for government officials.
• The country has emerged at the head of Europe’s growing digital sovereignty push, which aims to cut some reliance on US-based technology.
• So far, more than 40,000 French government staff have started using the home-grown video platform Visio.
• On April 23, French officials also announced the country will move its health data platform away from Microsoft to local cloud provider Scaleway, after a years-long decision process.