Speaking to reporters after a meeting between representatives of the Croatian Employers Association (HUP) and a French business delegation, Paradies said that in the past ten years MEDEF International had organised four such working visits, with today's visit having pooled representatives of leading French companies.
The French delegation included representatives of Accor, Alcatel, BNP Paribas, Bouygues Construction, Gaz de France and other companies from the power, construction, hotel management and commerce sectors.
After the meeting with representatives of Croatian state authorities, the French employers also held a meeting with Croatian employers at which Atlantic Group, Agrokor, Nexe Group and some other Croatian companies were presented.
French Ambassador Francois Saint-Paul said the visit of the leading French companies was the best proof that France supported Croatia on its path to the EU and believed in its political, economic and European future.
MEDEF is France's biggest employers association which gathers companies with more than 15 million employees.