15 January 2025
15 January

COVID-19 knocks over a third of European FDI

Last year, at least a third of European Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects announced have been either delayed or wholly cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, an annual survey by professional services group EY found. 

A majority of 65of the 6,412 projects in question are already in place or continuing “albeit with downgraded capacity and recruitment”, EY said. A further 25were delayed, and 10cancelled, its Europe Attractiveness survey found. 

The data on the impact of the pandemic was gathered on April 2020 from a panel of 113 corporate decision-makers and a series of webinars with European investment agencies. 

The survey also revealed that first-time France is overtaking Britain as Europe’s most popular investment destination, attracting 1,197 new projects in 2019 for a 17% rise on the year before. FDI in Britain climbed 5% in the same period. 

“Growth of FDI projects in France come as local and global businesses and investors welcome reforms around labour legislation and corporate taxation,” EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner Julie Teigland, said of President Emmanuel Macron’s reform agenda. 

 

Reported by Mark John 

Sourced Reuters 

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