Macron announces a final Choose France summit in January, before his departure

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Madrid (AFP) – Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the holding on January 18 of a Choose France summit, his major annual meeting to attract foreign investment, which will thus be the last before his departure from the presidency in May.

Published on: 09/30/2026 - 12:46 Modified on: 09/30/2026 - 1:31 p.m.

Speaking at a Franco-Spanish economic forum in Madrid, during a state visit, he called on "Spanish companies and investors" to come "more to France", despite already flourishing trade between the two countries.

“This is the purpose of Choose France that we have every year, we will have a session again on January 18,” declared the French president.

The summit will take place like every year at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, the Elysée told AFP.

The last edition of Choose France took place on June 1 and brought in 93 billion euros in investment announcements in France, a record, thanks to artificial intelligence and data centers.

The president, who will leave the Élysée Palace in mid-May after two terms, established this high mass, emblematic of his pro-business policy, shortly after coming to power in 2017.

It regularly makes it one of the main achievements of its balance sheet, France being for seven years the country in Europe which attracts the most foreign investment, according to the barometer of the consulting firm EY.

According to a close friend of the Head of State, the organization of Choose France just after the presidential election in 2027 would not give his successor time to complete the final investment agreements. With an edition in January, whoever is elected in May will be able, if they wish, to organize the next one as they wish.

“This edition will be an opportunity to announce new investment projects in France which will reinforce the dynamic of attractiveness of our country in strategic sectors and to promote the results of the policy pursued for ten years,” affirmed the Elysée.

According to the presidency, “the Choose France summits made it possible to launch more than 200 projects in France throughout the country”.

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