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Attractiveness – Results of the EY barometer (15 May 2025)

France is proud to be the leading European destination for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) for the sixth consecutive year, ahead of the United Kingdom and Germany. This achievement came during a difficult and uncertain period, both politically and economically, and during a year (2024) when (…)

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Economic diplomacy: a political priority

Promoting France’s economic interests is one of the main responsibilities of Business France and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, both within France and in the network.

French economic diplomacy has several goals:
• Helping French businesses export to external markets;
• Attracting job-creating foreign investment to France;
• Adapting the European and international regulatory framework to our defensive and offensive economic interests;
Promoting France’s vibrant businesses and start-ups.

The Ministers are fully committed to this goal and deal with economic issues on each of their trips.

The France Relance economic recovery plan set out by the Prime Minister on 3 September includes a major component on exports totalling €247 million.

Updated: Sept. 2020