Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login At Notre Dame de Paris, the scaffolding is coming down, piece by piece. Restoration of the iconic cathedral after the calamitous fire of April 2019 is due for completion by November.
Few believed French President Emmanuel Macron when he declared in the aftermath of the blaze that the rebuild would be complete in five years. That it remains on schedule is testament in part to the new “can do” culture he has instilled in French enterprise and the national outlook since his election in 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s King Charles III pay a visit to the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral site.
AP The mantra of “economic attractiveness” appears to be much more than a classically French means of polishing the shiny allure of its business and investment climate. The results are virtually beyond dispute. EY recently confirmed France as the most attractive country in Europe for foreign investment for the fifth consecutive year.
France continues to read from a free trade hymnal, proclaiming itself once more as the bastion of an outward-looking Europe, on guard against protectionist tribes from across the Atlantic. It openly seeks what it calls a “more balanced trade” with Beijing while remaining alert to problems brought on by strong Chinese production capacity in Europe. But in foreign policy, as .
