It is essential to support local actors who place industry at the heart of their project, argue the business leaders and co-presidents of the think-tank La Fabrique de l'industrie. The reindustrialization of the country is now one of the government's priorities, with some encouraging signs.
The trade balance in manufactured goods - the real "justice of the peace" - remains deeply unbalanced and the road to its recovery will be long. More than 200 net creations of industrial sites have been recorded in the last two years.