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Musk, the CEO of Tesla who bought social network Twitter in a
$44 billion deal last year, will meet Macron at the palace
before attending lunch with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, the
finance ministry told Reuters.
Musk will also visit the sixth edition of the annual "Choose
France" summit in Versailles, aimed at boosting international
investment in France.
Le Maire told BFM TV that the talks between the government and
Musk would cover several topics, including electric cars.
Asked by BFM TV if any announcement was likely, Le Maire said
"all investments that are being made today are the result of
months or even years of negotiations."
Facing pressure over a widely unpopular proposal to raise the
French retirement age - which weighed on Macron's approval
ratings - the president has been seeking to win back momentum by
championing a push towards the green industry sector.
Last week, France beat competition from Germany and the
Netherlands for ProLogium's first overseas car battery plant,
thanks to heavy government lobbying, deal sweeteners and
competitive power prices, executives from the Taiwanese company
said.
(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel, Michel Rose and Blandine Henault;
Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bernadette Baum)
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