Overview
- The Nov. 17 gathering swaps the usual Versailles showcase for roundtables at Paris’s Maison de la Chimie and a working dinner at the Élysée, with invitations limited to French company leaders and attendance expected to top 100.
- Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is set to open the event, and Public Accounts Minister Amélie de Montchalin will lead a session to report on budget negotiations that are due to run through December.
- Organizers expect corporate announcements, including a planned Urgo factory in the Loire and a Safran carbon‑brake plant estimated at €450 million, with reports also citing possible news involving Sanofi and Mistral.
- The Élysée frames the edition as a confidence‑building exercise to send positive signals to business and to project an image of a country that produces and invests.
- Business groups say recent fiscal measures total about €53 billion, with on‑the‑ground accounts of delayed spending and some capital moving abroad, and first‑half data show factory closures outnumbered openings two to one.