“Paradoxically, the French economy is experiencing renewed optimism” | EUROtoday

Lhe uncertainty, which has weighed on the French economic system because the dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024, paralyzing enterprise leaders and intimidating buyers, appears to be behind us. Since the beginning of 2026, a slight however actual wind of optimism has emerged within the companies and building sectors, the place sustained exercise is anticipated, but additionally in aeronautics and protection, the place order books are full. The electrical and digital industries intend to profit from each the rise of synthetic intelligence, which requires immense infrastructure corresponding to information facilities, and the dynamic of decarbonization.

Investments are additionally growing barely. A logo: in Dunkirk (North), on February 10, the development of the large battery manufacturing unit of the Taiwanese firm ProLogium to equip electrical automobiles was kicked off, an funding of 5.2 billion euros. Even customers appear to be smiling once more: purchases began to rise once more initially of the yr and spending within the areas of companies, tourism, catering and leisure is in fine condition.

However, the context has not radically modified. France adopted, after lengthy months of discussions, a finances for 2026, which doesn’t resolve any of the nation’s elementary issues: neither that of ageing, nor that of pensions and social accounts, nor that of the extent of public spending. More unpredictable than ever, American President Donald Trump continues to blow cold and warm. China is making the most of the relative decline of American energy to push its “low cost” pawns ever additional into European markets. As for Russia, it’s not letting go of the warfare in Ukraine. In quick, nothing that would actually invite nice optimism…

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