Paris Pitches to Bankers’ Hearts by Promising Brexit Romance
- Official expects more than 20,000 people to move to capital
- Who takes a partner for a weekend in Frankfurt? Pecresse asks
The Eiffel Tower stands illuminated at night in Paris.
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Parisian officials pitching to refugees from Brexit-hit London are appealing to bankers’ hearts as well as their wallets.
“When was the last time you took your partner off for a weekend in Frankfurt?” said Valerie Pecresse, president of the Paris region, at a press conference in London following a private meeting with 80 financiers and asset managers on Monday. “If you want to live somewhere you look at all the qualities of the cultural life, of cooking, of health care, children’s care, and in this aspect Paris rates first in continental Europe.”