Dominique de Villepin’s government turned away from this challenge in favor of “economic patriotism” – that is, protecting supposed national champions from foreign takeover. Despite comical episodes such as classifying the dairy company Danone as a national security asset to head off a possible bid from Coca Cola, France’s foreign investment regime is no less restrictive than other developed countries, including the US.
法国历届政府任由这种情况腐烂化脓。多米尼克·德·维尔潘政府避开这个挑战，转而选择了“经济爱国主义”——即保护所谓的国家卫士不被外国公司兼并。尽管有过一些滑稽的插曲，例如将乳品公司Danone划为国家安全资产，从而阻止了可口可乐公司可能的投标，但是法国外资投资制度的限制强度并不比包括美国在内的其他发达国家低。