France Aims to Exploit Brexit to Grab More British Finance Jobs
Bloomberg
2/26/2021
Ania Nussbaum
(Bloomberg) -- As the U.K. drifts further away from Europe, one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s closest aides wants to convince people in Britain and France that the European Union is always the best option.
That involves championing cities like Frankfurt, Amsterdam and, most of all, Paris as they try to seize as many of the jobs leaving the U.K. as possible.
So far, the predicted flood of financial jobs hasn’t materialized, although some banks have made a move. “We can do better,” Clement Beaune, junior minister for EU affairs, said in an interview on Wednesday. “It’s not over.”