more than 200 big bosses gathered in Versailles

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For the sixth edition of the “Choose France” summit, which brought together more than 200 leaders of foreign multinationals at the Palace of Versailles (Yvelines), Monday, May 15, 13 billion euros of investment have already been announced.

Emmanuel Macron received more than 200 bosses of foreign multinationals at the Palace of Versailles (Yvelines), Monday May 15. For the sixth edition of the “Choose France” summit, 13 billion euros of investment and more than 8,000 jobs directly created have already been announced. Among these investments, the creation of an electric battery factory by the Taiwanese manufacturer Prologium, in Dunkirk (North), with 5.2 billion euros invested and 3,000 jobs created as a result.

The presence of Elon Musk

Another flagship project is the establishment of a solar panel production plant in Sarreguemines (Moselle), with 710 million euros invested and 1,700 jobs created as a result. During this summit, the President of the Republic also received Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla. But no announcement from the American billionaire has been made. Since the creation of “Choose France” in 2018, nearly 5,700 projects have been carried out in France.


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