“Marianne” combed through the official documents of the 40 largest French industrial groups to determine their sensitivity to made in France. Romain's work produced a striking result: in ten years, they employed 24,000 fewer people in France, and 720,000 more abroad. Some flagships still play the card of territorial anchoring and… reap the financial rewards.
The Macron decade. In industrial matters, the era of the current president does not begin on the day of his first mandate at the Élysée, in 2017, but three years earlier, as Minister of the Economy, where he will leave under the flag some French flagships abroad, such as the energy branch of Alstom at the American General Electric or the equipment manufacturer Alcatel at the Finnish Nokia. In the name of economic attractiveness, investors from far away should not be discouraged. In the name of competitiveness, it was also necessary to lower the tax on the profits of companies wishing to produce in France. But for what assessment?
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