Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were very high.
Is France a completely open market to G.E.? No, of course not. I think we're more discerning about China because it's China, and they're big, and they're more concerning. But the best global companies are ones that are nuanced.
France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete.
If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.
A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.
De facto, you have a multi-speed Europe. You look at the Schengen, you look at the euro zone, all this kind of cooperations, you have a multi-speed Europe.
Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.
I do not separate France from Europe.
U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.
It's my impression that investment in Europe is done for the right reasons. Europe is a very good place to do business; it's a large market.