translate English to French: The crisis has led, as was only natural, to a reduction in the volume of foreign direct investments, which had reached EUR 1 500 billion in 2007.
Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, la crise a provoqué une diminution du volume des investissements directs à l'étranger, qui avaient atteint 1 500 milliards d'euros en 2007.