{"id":2110193,"date":"2026-08-25T06:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110193"},"modified":"2026-08-25T06:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:26:28","slug":"saudi-arabia-to-fund-three-new-theme-parks-near-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110193","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia to fund three new theme parks near Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/94\/1200x675_cmsv2_bde2c438-76ad-5465-b54e-5ee24a55e18d-9887294.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920309-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920309\" data-cid=\"9887451\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920309-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" 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\u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace on Monday, 24 August 2026.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a commercial agreement signing ceremony at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e on Monday 24 August 2026.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Lou Benoist\/Pool Photo via AP<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Lou Benoist\/Pool Photo via AP\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspNathan Joubioux&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbsp<b>AFP<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1787639188\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-08-25 08:26:28 +02:00\">25\/08\/2026 &#8211; 8:26 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"08:28\">8:28<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div 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height=\"24\" alt=\"threads\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        These three theme parks, one of them based on &#8220;Dragon Ball Z,&#8221; will create 22,000 jobs, Emmanuel Macron has announced. Saudi Arabia will invest \u20ac6 billion.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--business js-article-content\">\n<p>It is an <em>&#8220;unprecedented&#8221;<\/em> project, Emmanuel Macron said. On Monday 24 August, France and Saudi Arabia signed a letter regarding a six-billion-euro investment to create three theme parks near Cergy-Pontoise, around 30 kilometres north-west of Paris, the French president&#8217;s office announced.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The announcement about this <em>&#8220;colossal&#8221;<\/em> project was made during a <strong>two-day visit to France by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s de facto ruler<\/strong>, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Macron&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;22,000 jobs created. Unseen since Disneyland Paris. A new global destination&#8221;<\/em>, the president of the Republic wrote on X, thanking Saudi Arabia and <strong>Qiddiya<\/strong>, one of the many subsidiaries of the country&#8217;s Public Investment Fund, <em>&#8220;for their confidence in our country, in our talents and in our future&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This project <em>&#8220;was born out of a discussion between the president of the Republic and the crown prince in December 2024&#8221;<\/em> in Riyadh, where they discovered their <em>&#8220;shared passion&#8221;<\/em> for manga, <em>&#8220;and more specifically Dragon Ball Z&#8221;<\/em>, an adviser to Emmanuel Macron told the press.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the three parks is expected to be dedicated to this iconic Japanese franchise, although this has not been officially confirmed. The themes of the other two parks have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6658333333333334\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/94\/808x539_cmsv2_dc9888e4-1b95-5ec7-9837-3cf31e0042b6-9887294.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Emmanuel Macron and Mohammed bin Salman at the closing ceremony of the Esports World Cup in Paris, on 23 August 2026. \"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Emmanuel Macron and Mohammed bin Salman at the closing ceremony of the Esports World Cup in Paris, on 23 August 2026. <\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Teresa Suarez\/Teresa Suarez\/Pool EPA via AP<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Two mega-projects in Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<p>The parks will be built and opened in stages. Construction is expected to take several years, the president&#8217;s office said, without specifying an opening date.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, the president&#8217;s office sidestepped the issue. <em>&#8220;At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others&#8221;<\/em>, it replied.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency said that two other contracts had been signed with French companies during the Saudi prince&#8217;s visit. One with shipping company CMA CGM, to help develop the port of Jeddah on the Red Sea, worth 434 million dollars. The other with rail transport group Alstom, to supply metro trains for Riyadh&#8217;s metro, worth 580 million dollars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A heavily criticised visit<\/h2>\n<p>The trip is one of the crown prince&#8217;s rare visits abroad; Paris notes that he seldom leaves his country, except for international summits. It was his first such trip in almost a year.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Emmanuel Macron hosted the Saudi crown prince at the Esports World Cup, while Monday&#8217;s talks were also due to cover strategic issues, including the situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>But the visit by the Saudi leader has sparked strong criticism in France. Three journalists&#8217; unions protested against Paris&#8217;s decision to host him, recalling the existence of a French investigation opened into allegations of torture and enforced disappearance, following a complaint filed in 2021 over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">French judge opens probe into 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national living in the United States and a critic of the Saudi ruling family, <strong>was assassinated in 2018 in the Saudi consulate<\/strong> in Istanbul. His dismembered body has never been found.<\/p>\n<p>US intelligence concluded that Mohammed bin Salman was directly involved in the killing, and a United Nations investigation described the journalist&#8217;s death as an <em>&#8220;extrajudicial killing for which Saudi Arabia is responsible&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, Emmanuel Macron became one of the first Western leaders to meet the prince after Khashoggi&#8217;s assassination. The Saudi crown prince has since made several visits to France.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;Choose France&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In his message posted on X, Emmanuel Macron highlighted the &#8220;Choose France&#8221; programme, which he said had made the signing of this project possible. <em>&#8220;That is the whole point of Choose France: to go after the most ambitious projects and make France the country where they become reality. Create jobs. Make France shine&#8221;<\/em>, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the first &#8220;Choose France&#8221; call for projects in 2018, a year after Emmanuel Macron came to power, more than 230 projects have been announced, representing some 87 billion euros and several thousand jobs, according to the \u00c9lys\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>France has attracted the most foreign investment in Europe for seven consecutive years, according to consultancy EY, but Emmanuel Macron said this <em>&#8220;doesn&#8217;t come out of nowhere&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>EY said that France attracted 852 projects last year, out of 5,026 recorded in 47 European countries, a 17% drop in a challenging international environment.<\/p>\n<p>France has attracted a remarkable number of AI-related projects, more than anywhere else in Europe, but industry has suffered, notably the automotive, chemicals and metals sectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div 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Data roles grow<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">It is an &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; project, Emmanuel Macron said. On Monday 24 August, France and Saudi Arabia signed a letter regarding a six-billion-euro investment to create three theme parks near Cergy-Pontoise, around 30 kilometres north-west of Paris, the French president&#8217;s office announced.The announcement about this &#8220;colossal&#8221; project was made during a two-day visit to France by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Macron&#8217;s office said.&#8221;22,000 jobs created. Unseen since Disneyland Paris. A new global destination&#8221;, the president of the Republic wrote on X, thanking Saudi Arabia and Qiddiya, one of the many subsidiaries of the country&#8217;s Public Investment Fund, &#8220;for their confidence in our country, in our talents and in our future&#8221;.This project &#8220;was born out of a discussion between the president of the Republic and the crown prince in December 2024&#8221; in Riyadh, where they discovered their &#8220;shared passion&#8221; for manga, &#8220;and more specifically Dragon Ball Z&#8221;, an adviser to Emmanuel Macron told the press.The first of the three parks is expected to be dedicated to this iconic Japanese franchise, although this has not been officially confirmed. The themes of the other two parks have not yet been revealed.Two mega-projects in Saudi ArabiaThe parks will be built and opened in stages. Construction is expected to take several years, the president&#8217;s office said, without specifying an opening date.Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, the president&#8217;s office sidestepped the issue. &#8220;At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others&#8221;, it replied.The presidency said that two other contracts had been signed with French companies during the Saudi prince&#8217;s visit. One with shipping company CMA CGM, to help develop the port of Jeddah on the Red Sea, worth 434 million dollars. The other with rail transport group Alstom, to supply metro trains for Riyadh&#8217;s metro, worth 580 million dollars.A heavily criticised visitThe trip is one of the crown prince&#8217;s rare visits abroad; Paris notes that he seldom leaves his country, except for international summits. It was his first such trip in almost a year.On Sunday, Emmanuel Macron hosted the Saudi crown prince at the Esports World Cup, while Monday&#8217;s talks were also due to cover strategic issues, including the situation in the Middle East.But the visit by the Saudi leader has sparked strong criticism in France. Three journalists&#8217; unions protested against Paris&#8217;s decision to host him, recalling the existence of a French investigation opened into allegations of torture and enforced disappearance, following a complaint filed in 2021 over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national living in the United States and a critic of the Saudi ruling family, was assassinated in 2018 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. His dismembered body has never been found.US intelligence concluded that Mohammed bin Salman was directly involved in the killing, and a United Nations investigation described the journalist&#8217;s death as an &#8220;extrajudicial killing for which Saudi Arabia is responsible&#8221;.In December 2021, Emmanuel Macron became one of the first Western leaders to meet the prince after Khashoggi&#8217;s assassination. The Saudi crown prince has since made several visits to France.&#8217;Choose France&#8217;In his message posted on X, Emmanuel Macron highlighted the &#8220;Choose France&#8221; programme, which he said had made the signing of this project possible. &#8220;That is the whole point of Choose France: to go after the most ambitious projects and make France the country where they become reality. Create jobs. Make France shine&#8221;, he said.Since the first &#8220;Choose France&#8221; call for projects in 2018, a year after Emmanuel Macron came to power, more than 230 projects have been announced, representing some 87 billion euros and several thousand jobs, according to the \u00c9lys\u00e9e.France has attracted the most foreign investment in Europe for seven consecutive years, according to consultancy EY, but Emmanuel Macron said this &#8220;doesn&#8217;t come out of nowhere&#8221;.EY said that France attracted 852 projects last year, out of 5,026 recorded in 47 European countries, a 17% drop in a challenging international environment.France has attracted a remarkable number of AI-related projects, more than anywhere else in Europe, but industry has suffered, notably the automotive, chemicals and metals sectors.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2026\/08\/25\/paris-announces-three-theme-parks-near-the-city-funded-by-saudi-arabia&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/94\/1200x675_cmsv2_bde2c438-76ad-5465-b54e-5ee24a55e18d-9887294.jpg&#8221;] USA US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence EU.XL EU sea defence: the new race to protect cables, pipelines and trade Europe News Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns Colombia New Colombian president orders immigration raids as part of crackdown USA US judge delays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2110193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2110193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2110193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2110193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2110193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}