Fate of 3.1b euro Paris fun park hinges on a subway stop

Paris

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron's move to curb spending on a vast plan to expand the Paris transport network is making developers of a 3.1 billion euro (S$5 billion) shopping and leisure complex increasingly nervous about the future of their project.

The suburban development called EuropaCity - slated to include malls, cinemas and an indoor ski slope - is the brainchild of Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin's Dalian Wanda Group and French retailer Auchan.

To attract customers, they want a link to the French capital's extensive subway system, a connection that is supposed to be part of the so-call…