Pascal Cagni's Recent LinkedIn Posts

France attractiveness remains strong, sharing deep ties with US economy. On March 17, 2026, we joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business for Mornings with Maria to highlight France’s structural strengths, the depth of the Franco‑American partnership and the key global challenges businesses face today (including with the situation in the Middle East). 📂First, France's attractiveness is not standing still and we are demonstrating it with hard fact • In 2025 alone, 1,878 foreign investment decisions were recorded, nearly 5 every single day • American companies remain France's leading foreign employer, with over 523,000 employees working for U.S. firms on French soil • France has been ranked EU's #1 destination for foreign investment for 7 consecutive years (EY) 🤝 Second, the transatlantic partnership is stronger than the tariff headlines suggest. • Trade in goods between our two countries exceeded €101 billion (in 2024), up 4.1% year-on-year • France's trade deficit with the U.S. stands at just €4.1 billion ⚡ Third, France's structural advantages are real and durable. • 95% of our electricity is low-carbon, driven by our nuclear fleet,  giving us an unmatched energy cost  • France is Europe's largest electricity exporter, with 50 TWh in net exports • In 2025, €69 billion in data center investments were announced in France, €40 billion more than in the United States that same year (UNCTAD) 🤖 Fourth, France is embracing the IA revolution  For years, our best engineers left for Silicon Valley. That trend is now reversing. • Arthur Mensch left Google DeepMind to found Mistral AI, now Europe's most valuable AI company at ~$14 billion • Yann LeCun launched AMI Labs, which just raised $1 billion in the largest seed round ever recorded in Europe, valuing the company at $3.5 billion • Anthropic and OpenAI have both established their European HQ in Paris 🌍 Fifth, Europe is waking up and France is leading that conversation. • €35 trillion in European savings are not yet oriented toward innovation: it is an opportunity • The Savings & Investment Union, the Competitiveness Compass, and the "Made in Europe" agenda are the structural responses already underway • France's defense spending stands at $66.5 billion — we are the world's 2nd largest defense exporter When we say the era of the "peace dividend" is over, we mean it and we are acting accordingly. 🗽 Finally, this year marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, a milestone deeply intertwined with France’s own history. The 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce - the first trade agreement ever signed by the United States - made France America’s oldest commercial partner. Let’s continue strengthening this legacy by making the United States France’s partner of choice, and France America’s gateway to Europe. See you at the Choose France Summit at Versailles this June, where we will showcase what France does best: infrastructures, nuclear energy, healthcare, aerospace, tech and IA!