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Digital sovereignty is not a matter of political allegiance, it concerns every single French citizen.
This was evident at our booth during the MIF Expo - The Made in France Show. Throughout the day, political leaders from across the spectrum came to meet us.
Natacha Polony, Fabien Roussel, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Marc Ferracci, Clément Beaune, Pierre Brajeux, Marie Lebec… To each of them, our president Alexandre Zapolsky delivered the same message: our fight for a sovereign and open digital future. This is the vision we’ve championed for over 25 years - a vision now embodied by Twake.ai, our 100% Open Source Digital Workplace.
The stakes are clear, and the numbers speak for themselves:
-> France spends nearly €55 billion annually on American software and digital services.
-> Across Europe, this dependency exceeds €260 billion per year.
-> For the past 20 years, a significant share of value creation in the U.S. has been driven by tech giants, while Europe struggles to cultivate its own champions.
The consequence is straightforward: every euro spent on foreign solutions is a euro that doesn’t fund our businesses, our jobs, or our innovation. As we say: “Our clicks fund our jobs.” Every organization that chooses a French or European solution is investing in our innovation, our employment, and our strategic autonomy. This is also the mission of the Forces Françaises du Numérique (FFNum), an initiative we’re proud to support alongside other French tech entrepreneurs: ffnum.fr.
Digital sovereignty must not be reduced to an ideological debate or a niche topic for tech experts. It affects public administrations, local governments, businesses - and every citizen. Change requires courage, and that courage can come from our political leaders and from each of us.
We firmly believe there is another way: the path of open-source software and a strong European digital ecosystem, capable of offering competitive and high-performance alternatives.
Because control over our data and AI tools is now a major sovereignty issue. We can debate many things, but it’s becoming hard to deny that a country that no longer controls its digital tools gradually loses its ability to decide its own future.
