Choose France

More and more foreign companies are setting up operations throughout France. The map of the 56 foreign investment announcements unveiled at the 7th Choose France Summit confirms this: projects are multiplying in the regions and in small towns.

Annual Report: Foreign Investment

International investors love France!

Innovative, attractive, lively: our regions are dynamic, as evidenced by the 1,815 investment projects listed for France in 2023. Everywhere, in our regions, towns and cities, we are working to promote a France that is reindustrialised, low-carbon and enterprising.

France Attractiveness Survey

For the 5th year running, France is the most attractive country in Europe.

The ‘Barometer of France’s attractiveness’ published by EY confirms it: France maintains its pole position in terms of attractiveness. In 2023, it was the destination of 21% of European foreign investment.

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News 23/10/2023

France is counting on €70 billion in annual investment owing to its decarbonization plan

The governement’s ambitious action plan…

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News 06/07/2023

The European Inventor Award awarded to five French CNRS researchers

A new way to store hydrogen…

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News 28/06/2023

Producing “green hydrogen” at sea, a world first for Lhyfe

Green hydrogen from a floating wind turbine…

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News 19/06/2023

VivaTech becomes the world’s leading technology trade show

150,000 participants…

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News 11/05/2023

France’s attractiveness at its highest in 2022

According to the 2022 Annual Report on Foreign Investment in...

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News 26/04/2023

837,000 apprenticeship contracts signed in 2022

The numbers have more than doubled for the private sector, while the public sector has seen...

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News 03/04/2023

Green hydrogen in France: the promise of 50,000 to 150,000 jobs

France, the European champion of green hydrogen…

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News 17/03/2023

Six French winners at the Global Industrie exhibition in March 2023

65,000 visitors and 2,300 exhibitors…  

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News 27/02/2023

Foreign investment projects in France on the rise in 2022

1,725 foreign investment projects, creating or maintaning 58,810...

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News 18/02/2023

French group Suez set to produce an ‘infinitely recyclable’ plastic

Production of a PET virgin-quality resin

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News 16/02/2023

€17.2 billion worth of French wine and spirits exports in 2022

A 10.8% increase compared with 2021…

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News 08/02/2023

47,000 French SMEs and 520,000 jobs supported by the EIB in 2022

€10 billion in EIB investments…

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News 26/01/2023

2022: A year of records for French businesses

3 records for French businesses in 2022…

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News 25/01/2023

The nuclear sector, key to French energy sovereignty

Development of French nuclear sector

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News 22/12/2022

Younited, the 27th French unicorn

New Fintech unicorn in december 2022…

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News 19/12/2022

The Seine: river freight and carbon-free urban delivery

an ecological alternative to traditional logistics…

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News 14/12/2022

16,900 foreign-owned businesses in France in 2020

They employ 2.1 million people in France…

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News 25/11/2022

1,074 high-impact startups in 2022

28% increase of high-impact startups compared to 2021…

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News 08/11/2022

France proves just as attractive as ever for talent in 2022

France Top 20 in the Insead Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)…

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News 07/11/2022

Paris Game Week returns after a 2-year absence

“Paris Game Week” and the rise of French video games…

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News 04/11/2022

Sanofi and AstraZeneca develop the world’s first vaccine against bronchiolitis

This new vaccine will help to protect 33 million children against...

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News 17/10/2022

Forty-two French establishments in the 2023 World University Rankings

Forty-two French establishments appear in the 2023 rankings of...

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News 14/10/2022

Gradual abolition of the CVAE from 2023

The business value-added contribution…

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News 07/10/2022

Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022

First Frenchwoman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature…

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News 04/10/2022

€9 billion injected into the French aerospace industry

€9 billion in the French aerospace industry in the 3 upcoming...

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News 27/09/2022

Record fundraising for French Tech in 2021

French startups raised €11.6 billion…

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News 29/03/2022

Record growth in 2021 for foreign investment projects in France

1,607 new foreign investment decisions…

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News 07/05/2024

France consolidates its attractiveness in 2023

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News 23/11/2023

Rennes set to welcome its first journalism school in 2024

Modern challenges for this new school…

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News 15/11/2023

France to invest €1 billion in polar research by 2030

Facing the urgency of global warming…

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News 30/10/2023

The International French Language Center, a new ambassador for the French-speaking world

A promising new step for the French language…

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