Bpifrance

Bpifrance

Bpifrance (French public investment bank) was created by the French Act n°2012-1559 of 31 December 2012.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Circular Economy Act

5 Nov 2025

Meeting with Malgorzata Nikowska (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

5 Nov 2025 · Exchange on insights and experiences in Digital Transformation for SMEs

Meeting with Anna Athanasopoulou (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

4 Nov 2025 · Presentation by BPI France on their Advisory Services Department and discussion on the role of BPI France in the Enterprise Europe Network and in the InvestEU Advisory Hub

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

8 Sept 2025 · Trade policy

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2025 · Battery value chain

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

22 Jul 2025 · EU environmental policies

Meeting with Rasmus Nordqvist (Member of the European Parliament) and

25 Jun 2025 · Closed roundtable on financing the circular economy

Meeting with Jean-David Malo (Acting Director Research and Innovation) and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti s.p.a.

11 Jun 2025 · Future of the EIC and specificities of Italian stakeholders

Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jun 2025 · Priorités TRAN-IMCO 2024-2029

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner) and

27 May 2025 · Landscape of public banks in the EU, competitiveness and simplification.

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

14 May 2025 · Access to capital for startups and scaleups

Meeting with Lucilla Sioli (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

14 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the EU AI strategy, including the recently published AI Continent Action Plan and the development of the Apply AI Strategy

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

14 May 2025 · Access to capital for startups and scaleups

Meeting with Julie Rechagneux (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and CAISSE DES DEPOTS

28 Apr 2025 · Discussion autour du règlement de simplification InvestEU

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Philippe Chantraine (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

5 Mar 2025 · Transport investments

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

24 Feb 2025 · Implementation of art21 of the GBR on risk finance

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

24 Jan 2025 · Investissements et simplification

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Echanges autour des actualités européennes du groupe

Meeting with Christophe Gomart (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Financement de la défense

Meeting with Maarten Verwey (Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)

11 Dec 2024 · InvestEU implementing partner

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament) and

27 Nov 2024 · Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), FIDA, Invest EU

Meeting with Hélder Sousa Silva (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · Institutional Presentation

Meeting with Karlo Ressler (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · EU Budget - European financial instruments

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

2 Apr 2024 · Speech at Bpifrance Annual Reception.

Meeting with Pierre Larrouturou (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2024 · Rencontre avec des représentants de la BPI

Meeting with Stephanie Riso (Director-General Budget)

6 Dec 2023 · Discussion on STEP and budgetary implementation

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

6 Dec 2023 · Futur scoreboard aides d’Etat 2023, mesures possibles à venir en soutien aux petites ETI

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)

26 Oct 2023 · EU Innovation policy

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)

27 Apr 2023 · Innovation ecosystems, Horizon Europe, EIC Accelerator

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Apr 2023 · Net Zero Industry Act; green transition and SMEs

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

28 Sept 2022 · Financing the clean energy transition

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

2 Feb 2022 · Discuss FR Presidency priorities and Bpifrance actions, strategy to support the industry

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2021 · Green finance

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

13 Apr 2021 · Discuss the Taxonomy Regulation establishing a framework for sustainable investment in Europe and its implementation challenges, especially for SMEs.

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

4 Mar 2021 · Conditions for granting support to undertakings after 2021

Meeting with Stephanie Riso (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

5 Feb 2021 · rôle des banques publiques en Europe et de leur business model, plan relance européen

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

18 Dec 2020 · The EIC and the role of the National innovation agencies

Meeting with Aliénor Margerit (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

15 Sept 2020 · Recovery and Investment (webex together with CAB BRETON representatives)

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

15 Jul 2020 · The EU recovery plan and the EU taxonomy

Meeting with Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner) and

9 Jul 2020 · Presentation of the activities of Bpifrance

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jun 2020 · Green finance/Green recovery

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

29 Apr 2020 · Introductory meeting and courtesy call on NPBI, InvestEU & SMEs

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner)

1 Apr 2020 · COVID 19 economic impact

Meeting with Dara Murphy (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel), Vasco Ferreira (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

1 Apr 2020 · Horizon Europe, the EIC and the role of national innovation agencies.

Meeting with Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)

1 Apr 2020 · Covid19 impact on investments sector, also with regional angle

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and

26 Feb 2018 · The role of National Promotional Institutions in the next MFF

Response to Revision of the EU SME Definition

30 Jun 2017

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

29 Apr 2016 · Les questions liées à la régulation bancaire européenne; L'Union des marchés de capitaux et ses prochaines étapes ; Le plan d'investissement pour l'Europe: contribution de Bpifrance à date et propositions d'évolution.

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

29 Apr 2016 · Financial instruments and innovation

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

10 Jun 2015 · Plan Juncker

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

3 Jun 2015 · Investment initiative