News 23/10/2023
France is counting on €70 billion in annual investment owing to its decarbonization plan
The governement’s ambitious action plan…
France 2030 investment plan : €54 billion to build the France of tomorrow
France 2030 sets out a twofold ambition : sustainably transforming key sectors of our economy (energy, automotive, aeronautics and space) through technological innovation, and positioning France not only as a player but as a leader in the world of tomorrow. From basic research to the emergence of an idea and the creation of a new product or service, France 2030 supports the entire life cycle of innovation right up to industrialisation.
With 1,815 projects in 2023, France is the leading destination for foreign investment in Europe. Business France and its partners from Team France Invest are here to help you understand the positive developments in France’s legal and tax environment and discover the help and solutions available to you to make your investment a success and the arrangements for welcoming talent.
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 06/07/2023
The European Inventor Award awarded to five French CNRS researchers
A new way to store hydrogen…
News 28/06/2023
Producing “green hydrogen” at sea, a world first for Lhyfe
Green hydrogen from a floating wind turbine…
News 19/06/2023
VivaTech becomes the world’s leading technology trade show
150,000 participants…
News 11/05/2023
France’s attractiveness at its highest in 2022
According to the 2022 Annual Report on Foreign Investment in...
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...
News 03/04/2023
Green hydrogen in France: the promise of 50,000 to 150,000 jobs
France, the European champion of green hydrogen…
News 17/03/2023
Six French winners at the Global Industrie exhibition in March 2023
65,000 visitors and 2,300 exhibitors…
News 27/02/2023
Foreign investment projects in France on the rise in 2022
1,725 foreign investment projects, creating or maintaning 58,810...
News 18/02/2023
French group Suez set to produce an ‘infinitely recyclable’ plastic
Production of a PET virgin-quality resin
News 16/02/2023
€17.2 billion worth of French wine and spirits exports in 2022
A 10.8% increase compared with 2021…
News 08/02/2023
47,000 French SMEs and 520,000 jobs supported by the EIB in 2022
€10 billion in EIB investments…
News 26/01/2023
2022: A year of records for French businesses
3 records for French businesses in 2022…
News 25/01/2023
The nuclear sector, key to French energy sovereignty
Development of French nuclear sector
News 22/12/2022
Younited, the 27th French unicorn
New Fintech unicorn in december 2022…
News 19/12/2022
The Seine: river freight and carbon-free urban delivery
an ecological alternative to traditional logistics…
News 14/12/2022
16,900 foreign-owned businesses in France in 2020
They employ 2.1 million people in France…
News 25/11/2022
1,074 high-impact startups in 2022
28% increase of high-impact startups compared to 2021…
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)…
News 07/11/2022
Paris Game Week returns after a 2-year absence
“Paris Game Week” and the rise of French video games…
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...
News 17/10/2022
Forty-two French establishments in the 2023 World University Rankings
Forty-two French establishments appear in the 2023 rankings of...
News 14/10/2022
Gradual abolition of the CVAE from 2023
The business value-added contribution…
News 07/10/2022
Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022
First Frenchwoman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature…
News 04/10/2022
€9 billion injected into the French aerospace industry
€9 billion in the French aerospace industry in the 3 upcoming...
News 27/09/2022
Record fundraising for French Tech in 2021
French startups raised €11.6 billion…
News 29/03/2022
Record growth in 2021 for foreign investment projects in France
1,607 new foreign investment decisions…
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…
News 15/11/2023
France to invest €1 billion in polar research by 2030
Facing the urgency of global warming…
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…