Europe: According to a survey carried out by Ernst and Young among foreign investors, international foreign investments in Europe have resisted the economic crisis. Between 2002 and 2003, they increased by 2% to equal 1993 figures. Europe is still top in terms of attractiveness to decision-makers, but it is coming under threat from China. The United Kingdom and France remain the favoured territories, accounting between them for 40% of foreign investment plans. Germany, however, has seen a drop of 30%, and has conceded third place to Spain. Eastern Europe has also seen its market share fall, despite god performances turned in by Russia. The latter exceeded the threshold of 100 new establishments in 2003, four times the 1999 figure. The survey also flags up the drop in investments from the US, but this fall was balanced out by intra-European investments and the return of Asian investors.