Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron visited a Vorwerk Thermomix plant on Friday and cited €87 billion in cumulative foreign investment in France since the first Choose France summit in 2018.
- The Vorwerk project, announced at Choose France 2022 and reinforced in 2024, now totals roughly €130 million in investment and 124 industrial jobs.
- The government credits reforms since 2017 with creating about 120,000 industrial jobs and reports a small net gain in industrial sites in 2025 with 261 openings or expansions versus 242 closures.
- Independent indicators offer a mixed picture: EY ranked France top in Europe by number of FDI projects in 2025 with 852 projects, while industry’s share of GDP has fallen to about 9.5% and critics question France 2030’s execution.
- Macron is using the ninth Choose France summit at Versailles to secure new commitments and bolster the government’s economic credibility, a strategy that could influence debates on taxation, industrial policy and jobs ahead of 2027.