France
French senators prepare business intelligence bill

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Bearstone in France, French economic intelligence union Synfie, private diplomacy for Astana

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

Paris/WarsawAngéline Steinbach's return anchors Bearstone in France

ParisPush to incorporate economic intelligence into legislation

WashingtonRare earths part of Astana's lobbying angle?

France
Regional corporate intelligence plans back in French Senate

A bill providing for corporate intelligence committees to be set up in every administrative region in France is currently being examined by the Senate. This, despite the fact that the programmes already in place for this purpose remain little used.

France
French corporate intelligence top brass 'debriefed' by Senate commission

A French Senate mission tasked with drawing up a policy for dealing with foreign economic intelligence threats was able to interview all the leading figures in France's private corporate intelligence sector. Some have intimate, first-hand knowledge of foreign influence operations.

France
Paris seeks to grasp the fluid concept of lawfare

"Lawfare", defined as the instrumentalisation of the law by a state for strategic purposes, is currently the focus of France's SGDSN defence and national security secretariat, which is looking for ways to counter US and soon Chinese regulations imposed on French industry.

Belgium, China
Belgium wants its intelligence services to keep tabs on Chinese investments

The draft law aimed at creating a body to "filter" foreign investments, which is in line with the approach taken by more and more European countries, has met with reluctance from Standing Committee R.

France
Paris banks on big data to counter foreign economic threats

A finance ministry agency that plays a lead role in protecting France from economic interference, the SISSE, wants to detect threats to strategic assets more effectively by processing big data.