# France

> Airbus, EDF, Mistral AI, LVMH and Hermès: France supplies Europe's strategic muscle. French brands worth choosing over US and Chinese defaults.

France Brands Worth Choosing: European Alternatives | Euronomy

France supplies Europe's strategic muscle. Airbus assembles airliners in Toulouse, Ariane launches the continent's satellites, Dassault builds the Rafale, and EDF's nuclear fleet generates most of the country's electricity.

Paris has become a genuine AI capital. Mistral leads Europe's push for homegrown models, backed by the state's La French Tech programme and Station F, one of the world's biggest startup campuses. And nobody replicates the luxury machine: LVMH, Hermès, Chanel.

Below: the French brands worth choosing over US or Chinese defaults.

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