section_path: Foreign investment
section_name: Foreign investment
paragraph_text: Foreign investment
  
  According to a study conducted by Ernst & Young, France was in 2020 the largest Foreign Direct Investment recipient in Europe, ahead of the UK and Germany. EY attributed this as a "direct result of President Macron ’s reforms of labor laws and corporate taxation, which were well received by domestic and international investors alike."
  
  France scored 5th in the 2019 AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index, up 2 notches from its 2017 ranking.
  
  According to a study conducted by Ernst & Young, France was in 2020 the largest Foreign Direct Investment recipient in Europe, ahead of the UK and Germany. EY attributed this as a "direct result of President Macron ’s reforms of labor laws and corporate taxation, which were well received by domestic and international investors alike."
  
  France scored 5th in the 2019 AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index, up 2 notches from its 2017 ranking.
  
  According to a study conducted by Ernst & Young, France was in 2020 the largest Foreign Direct Investment recipient in Europe, ahead of the UK and Germany. EY attributed this as a "direct result of President Macron ’s reforms of labor laws and corporate taxation, which were well received by domestic and international investors alike."
  
  France scored 5th in the 2019 AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index, up 2 notches from its 2017 ranking.