<p>French President Emmanuel Macron met billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Monday to discuss joint projects six months after their last encounter in the United States.</p>.<p>The two men will talk about the "attractiveness of France and its industries", Macron's office had announced, with the head of state hoping for fresh investment.</p>.<p>Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the <em>BFMTV </em>broadcaster that "negotiations are ongoing" with the boss of Twitter and Tesla, who is in Paris for a meeting of 200 foreign business leaders with the French government.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/before-musk-picked-yaccarino-as-twitter-ceo-she-challenged-him-on-policies-and-his-own-tweets-1218494.html" target="_blank">Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets</a></strong></p>.<p>Le Maire gave no details of Monday's talks with Musk, saying simply that "all of today's investments are the fruit of months or even years of negotiations".</p>.<p>During a US trip in December, Macron held an unannounced face-to-face meeting with Musk, saying later the two had had a "clear and honest" discussion during an hour-long meeting, including on electric cars and batteries.</p>.<p>He had also conveyed to Musk his -- and Europe's -- concerns about content moderation on Twitter since Musk bought the influential platform.</p>.<p>"Transparent user policies, significant reinforcement of content moderation and protection of freedom of speech: efforts have to be made by Twitter to comply with European regulations," Macron tweeted after the meeting.</p>
<p>French President Emmanuel Macron met billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Monday to discuss joint projects six months after their last encounter in the United States.</p>.<p>The two men will talk about the "attractiveness of France and its industries", Macron's office had announced, with the head of state hoping for fresh investment.</p>.<p>Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the <em>BFMTV </em>broadcaster that "negotiations are ongoing" with the boss of Twitter and Tesla, who is in Paris for a meeting of 200 foreign business leaders with the French government.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/before-musk-picked-yaccarino-as-twitter-ceo-she-challenged-him-on-policies-and-his-own-tweets-1218494.html" target="_blank">Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets</a></strong></p>.<p>Le Maire gave no details of Monday's talks with Musk, saying simply that "all of today's investments are the fruit of months or even years of negotiations".</p>.<p>During a US trip in December, Macron held an unannounced face-to-face meeting with Musk, saying later the two had had a "clear and honest" discussion during an hour-long meeting, including on electric cars and batteries.</p>.<p>He had also conveyed to Musk his -- and Europe's -- concerns about content moderation on Twitter since Musk bought the influential platform.</p>.<p>"Transparent user policies, significant reinforcement of content moderation and protection of freedom of speech: efforts have to be made by Twitter to comply with European regulations," Macron tweeted after the meeting.</p>