Sponsored by: Investment Center

Something new in your business?  Click here to submit your business press release

Chamber Corner | Main Street News | Job Hunt | Classifieds | Calendar | Illinois Lottery 

France prepares 10-year investment plan

[May 07, 2013]  PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande is defending the record of his first year in office and promising to unveil a 10-year plan to invest 20 billion euros ($26 billion) in infrastructure, digital technology and clean energy.

After a special Cabinet meeting Monday, his spokeswoman clarified that some of that money would come from projects already announced. She said the rest of the details would have to wait for the plan's announcement.

Amid a stagnating economy and rising unemployment, Hollande has seen his popularity plummet since he was elected last May 6.

But he told his Cabinet that he thought the measures he'd taken so far, like raising taxes, were right, even if they were unpopular. He reiterated his goal of bringing unemployment down by the end of the year.

[Associated Press]

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.