What Happened
Paris Strengthens Oversight Amid National Security Concerns
France is strengthening its oversight of non-European investment in strategically important companies, lowering the threshold at which foreign share purchases require government approval. The measure, intended to prevent opportunistic investors from acquiring influential stakes in French businesses and technologies, applies to acquisitions of 10 percent or more of a listed French company operating in a sensitive sector. The government said the change was needed to guard against threats to national security. This development was reported by Unknown Source.