Elon Musk is received by Emmanuel Macron and Bruno Le Maire this Monday. How to finalize an investment project in France?
The announcement would have the effect of a (positive) explosion for the French economy. Politically, it could be a masterstroke: will the second richest man in the world come and invest permanently in France? Elon Musk, the American billionaire boss of Tesla and Space X, is received this Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Elysee Palace by Emmanuel Macron. The arrival at the presidential palace of the man who is also the owner of Twitter is part of the “Choose France” summit, organized by the President of the Republic in Versailles in order to convince foreign investors to come and settle in the Hexagon. Elon Musk could be one of them.
“Reindustrialize France”
The man with 180 billion dollars of fortune would indeed be about to invest in France in a project. In any case, this is what Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, suggested. “There are negotiations underway. He is not there just to take advantage of Versailles,” said the boss of Bercy on BFMTV/RMC Monday morning. Recalling the various sectors in which Elon Musk has invested, Bruno Le Maire did not advance on any announcement. But “all the investments that are made today are the fruit of months or even years of negotiations,” he said.
Will Emmanuel Macron announce it at 8 p.m. on TF1 this Monday evening, where he will give an interview? Nothing should leak beforehand. However, this meeting between the Head of State and the American billionaire could be one of the subjects mentioned by Gilles Bouleau. The President of the Republic reiterated in an interview with Challenges, as he has been hammering for months, that “reindustrializing France is the mother of battles.” Trying to attract this industrial boss with his electric vehicles or his batteries seems to fit into this guideline. Will Emmanuel Macron manage to conclude a deal? And which territory could benefit from it? The question does not yet seem to be on the agenda.