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