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French President Macron announced a plan for a new theme park costing 6 billion euros (about 7 billion U.S. dollars). The project will build three theme parks in Cergy-Pontoise, a new development area about 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) from Paris. japan times According to the newspaper, Macron’s office said one of the theme parks “is expected to have a comic theme” and japan times and the British public broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation It is further clarified that the theme park “is expected to dragon ball series. “
Macron said France has partnered with Saudi investment company Qiddiya Investment Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and a financier of the Saudi plan. dragon ball Theme park for new project near Paris. The President further stated that the scale of the project near Paris is unprecedented since Disneyland Paris and is expected to create 22,000 new jobs.
japan times and British Broadcasting Corporation The project was reportedly approved during Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s two-day state visit to France this week. japan times It said leaders “signed a memorandum of understanding” on the project. this British Broadcasting Corporation Adding that local reports indicate that one of the theme parks may be built on the site of the Mirapolis theme park, which closed in 1991 in the Oise Valley.
japan times Adding that Macron’s office has been asked about cooperation with Saudi Arabia despite criticism of the kingdom’s human rights record. “When we attract a program, we never try to lecture others,” the office reportedly said. The issue came amid strong protests from three journalists’ unions over the killing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi by bin Salman.
As of press time, no construction or opening date for the theme park has been announced.
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