This is the same reason France keeps propping up STMicroelectronics and their fab in Crolles, France (near Grenoble). There is strategic importance in maintain

This is the same reason France keeps propping up STMicroelectronics and their fab in Crolles, France (near Grenoble). There is strategic importance in maintaining home-grown capability. (it's also the same reason France keeps propping up many other industries, and sells weapons/jet fighters to other countries...)