The measure, which comes at a time when Europe is questioning its dependence on US technologies, after increased geopolitical tensions raised fears of foreign surveillance or service interruptions, saves up to 1 million euros per year for every 100,000 users.
The French government will ban the use of North American video conferencing tools, including Google Meet, o Zoom e o Teamsby the country’s public servants — who should start using the national Visio platform.
As he told a government spokesperson, the decision, which is part of an effort to transfer government activities to national technological platforms, comes in a context of increasing sensitivity in Europe in relation to the strong dependence on US services.
The prime minister’s office has already prepared a circular that obliges state employees to use Visio, a video conferencing software designed by Dinosthe country’s Interministerial Digital Directorate. The software works on an infrastructure provided by the French company Outscale.
The circular will be published “in the coming days”, said a Dinum spokesperson.
This measure follows an announcement made on Sunday by the Minister of State Reform, David Amielthat France would promote the adoption of a national video conferencing platform by 2027.
The Government says the switch to Visio could reduce costs licensing and allow for savings in up to 1 million euros per year per 100,000 users.
The measure also comes at a time when Europe has questioned its excessive dependence of North American information technology infrastructures, following failures in cloud computing services of the United States last year, note a.
“This strategy highlights France’s commitment to digital sovereigntyin a context of increasing geopolitical tensions and fears of foreign surveillance or service interruptions,” said Amiel.
Last summer, France had already determined that civil servants stop using WhatsApp and Telegram and start using Tchapan instant messaging service designed exclusively for public servants.
Visio is part of the plan Digital Suite of France, a digital ecosystem of sovereign tools designed to replace the use of North American online services, such as Gmail e o Slack. These tools are intended for public servants and not to the public or private companies.
Visio has a functionality for transcribing meetings and identifying participants using artificial intelligence, using technology from the emerging French company Pyannote.
The platform is already used by 40,000 employeesincluding most ministries and some of their dependent entities, such as the French National Center for Scientific Research.
Dinum, which aims to reach 250,000 users in the short term, will monitor the transition and may, in the coming months, block traffic of other video tools through the State’s internet network, he stated.
In 2022, the French government already ordered the country not to use Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, claiming privacy concerns.
Several European countries have taken measures in recent years to reduce their exposure to North American IT platforms. In 2025, applications Linux e LibreOffice.
According to the Danish newspaper The Local, the measure, which was being tested in some of the country’s main cities, was accelerated after the escalation of tension with the United States — whose president, Donald Trumpexpressed the intention to .
Also last year, the state of Schleswig-Holstein, in northwest Germany, in government offices, which began using open source solutions.
