David Amiel, Minister Delegate of Public Service and State Reform in France, has announced the general deployment of Visio. This is a videoconferencing application developed by the Interministerial Directorate of Digital Affairs for use in administrations by public servants.
The stated objective is end the use of non-European solutions and guarantee the security and confidentiality of public electronic communications through a powerful and sovereign tool.
European digital sovereignty, more necessary than ever
The European Parliament has asked the European Commission reduce dependence on American technology giants and prioritize cloud infrastructure, open source and European AI systems. A defense mechanism against United States control of critical digital infrastructure, more necessary than ever in the face of the Trump administration’s policies.
Visio
The French Visio aims to be an example of the tools to be developed. The sector minister argues that many government departments currently use too many different tools (Teams, Zoom, GoTo Meeting or Webex), which «weakens data security, creates strategic dependencies on external infrastructure, represents additional financial costs and hinders cooperation between ministries«he explains. «The gradual implementation in the coming years of a unified solution, controlled by the government and based on French technologies, marks a significant step in strengthening our digital resilience».
A successful experiment. Launched as a pilot program a year ago, Visio already has 40,000 regular users and is being rolled out to 200,000 employees. The CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), the French National Health Insurance Fund, the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) and the Ministry of the Armed Forces are among the first government agencies to adopt the solution nationwide in the first quarter of 2026. The CNRS will replace its Zoom licenses with Visio at the end of March for its 34,000 employees and the 120,000 researchers associated with its research units. research.
Safe and innovative tool. Implemented with the support of ANSSI, “Visio” offers confidentiality guarantees adapted to the needs of public servants. Technically, the solution incorporates the latest standards:
- Sovereign hosting called SecNumCloud by ANSSI on Outscale, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes.
- Transcription of meetings through artificial intelligence using speaker separation technologies developed by the French startup Pyannote.
- By summer 2026, real-time subtitles thanks to technologies developed by the French artificial intelligence research laboratory Kyutai.
Financial benefit. The elimination of paid software licenses generates significant savings, estimated at €1 million per year for every 100,000 new users who switch from licensed solutions.
Guarantee against future threats. «This project is a concrete example of the commitment of the Prime Minister and the Government to the recovery of our digital independence. We cannot risk our scientific exchanges, sensitive data and strategic innovations being exposed to non-European actors. Digital sovereignty is, at the same time, an imperative for our public services, an opportunity for our companies and a guarantee against future threats,” insists David Amiel, Minister Delegate for the Public Service and State Reform.
