Macron receives 200 foreign bosses, including Elon Musk, and announces 13 billion euros in investments

The boss of Tesla, SpaceX and majority shareholder of Twitter was received in the morning at the Elysée Palace by the Head of State.

"We talked about the attractiveness of France and the significant advances in the electric vehicle and energy sectors. Digital regulation as well. We have so much to do together," President Macron tweeted, without however making any comment. 'announcement.

"There are negotiations that are underway" with Elon Musk, had revealed shortly before on BFMTV / RMC the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire, who had lunch with the billionaire and must meet him at 16:00 p.m. at the Palace of Versailles, where Choose France is held.

enhanced security

In the residence of the Sun King, Emmanuel Macron has an appointment with more than 200 foreign bosses. "What will I tell them? Choose France!", He launched on Twitter.

"When a foreign investor chooses France, it's good for jobs and for our territories", he added, praising the "13 billion euros invested in sectors of the future" for "8.000 direct jobs.

Omnipresent in the media lately to highlight the results of his economic policy, the President of the Republic will be on Monday at 20:00 p.m. on TF1 to close this page focused on the reindustrialization of the country which offers him a little oxygen after months social and political crisis.

The casseroles that accompany his movements have gradually become less audible, while the unions are preparing on Tuesday to resume dialogue with the executive. Emmanuel Macron must then open a new diplomatic chapter with several international trips.

Since the first edition in 2018, Choose France has become, according to the Elysée, "an unmissable event" emblematic of the success of its policy to lower the cost of labor and reindustrialize the country, while accelerating the ecological transition.

Of some 400 guests received under the golds of the Palace of Versailles, 206 bosses of multinationals have confirmed their presence, half of them for the first time.

Will be present in particular Sunil Bharti Mittal, president of the diversified Indian group Bharti Enterprises, the executive president of ArcelorMittal Lakhsmi Mittal, or the CEO of Nokia Pekka Lundmark.

While the CGT called for demonstrations in Versailles against the pension reform, security was reinforced, given "the risk that it constitutes a privileged and symbolic target for the perpetration of acts of a terrorist nature", according to the prefecture of Yvelines.

Batteries and solar panels

The biggest of the 28 investment projects was unveiled by Emmanuel Macron on Friday in Dunkirk, in the North: 5,2 billion euros for a gigafactory of new generation batteries from Taiwanese ProLogium - which has never produced them in large quantities before. series - with 3.000 jobs at stake.

The amount of public subsidies for this project, which Brussels has yet to validate, has not been made public but would be between 1 and 1,5 billion euros, according to the newspaper Les Echos.

Also in Dunkirk, the Chinese XTC will build with the French Orano a factory for battery components and recycling for 1,5 billion euros.

Another flagship project, the establishment in Sarreguemines, in Moselle, of a photovoltaic panel factory by Holosolis, an offshoot of the European group Innoenergy, for 710 million euros, representing 1.700 jobs.

"For years, we have subsidized photovoltaic panels that were made at the end of the world, here we are going to have photovoltaic panels Made in France", welcomed Sunday on franceinfo the Minister of Industry Roland Lescure.

Also in energy, the start-up Newcleo is announcing three billion investments over the period 2025-2030 to develop a small modular reactor of the SMR type.

Among other projects, the Swedish furniture giant Ikea announces 906 million euros of investment in France by 2026, including the creation of a logistics center near Toulouse, in the Southwest.

In pharmacy, Pfizer is injecting an additional 500 million euros and the British GSK nearly 400 million.