Over EUR 300 million to benefit French SMEs

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls have announced 5 signatures with French financial intermediaries - BPCE, Entrepreneur Venture, La Banque Postale and Siagi during the Prime Minister’s visit to Luxembourg today.

Three of deals benefit from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe and the COSME and InnovFin programmes. One of the transactions with BPCE was signed under the new Erasmus+ loan guarantee scheme financed by the European Union and managed by the EIF.

For more details about the press release of the French Government see: http://www.eib.org/infocentre/press/releases/all/2016/2016-087-visite-officielle-de-manuel-valls-premier-ministre-au-siege-de-la-bei-a-luxembourg.htm 

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