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May 19, 2025

Foreign investors ‘Choose France’ with €20bn boost to defence, energy and other sectors

French president Emmanuel Macron’s annual summit draws record investment from foreign investors

The annual Choose France summit looks set to secure €20bn in foreign investments, on top of €17bn that were already announced during the AI Action Summit held in Paris in February.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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