- France: With 664 investments projects recorded, last year France received more foreign investment than in 2004 (+12.4%), according to the French Agency for International Investments. These projects only created or maintained 33,247 jobs, merely 49 more than in 2004. The Americans were the biggest investors (29%), followed by the Germans (20%) and the British (8.6%). France, however, is less attractive than it once was for foreign investors: according to a study by the Institute for...