Thierry Breton
Thierry Breton
Thierry Bretonis a French businessman, a former Professor at Harvard Business School, and a former Finance minister of France. He has been Vice Chairman and CEO of Groupe Bull, Chairman and CEO of Thomson-RCA, Chairman and CEO of France Télécom...
economic impulses modern state strongly wish
I wish to state strongly that protectionist impulses have no place in modern economic governance.
anchored blocking case determine early entity final french government lower national stake
It is too early to determine the final stake of the government in the new entity but it will in no case be lower than a blocking minority, or 34pc. It will be completely anchored in French national territory.
british effort includes less proposal review spirit
The new proposal includes no review of the British rebate, and less effort for new members. That?s not the spirit of Europe.
create economic problem suburbs true
I know only one formula: Create more growth, ... It's true that we have a problem in the suburbs and that there isn't enough economic activity.
agree extra few obvious
If there is a need for a few extra days, it is obvious that we would agree to them. We will find a solution.
failing imposing intervene obliged tax
Failing that, I will be obliged to intervene -- if necessary, by imposing a tax on these exceptional profits.
expression lost
We have lost control,' that was his expression,
support wish
If that were the wish of the companies, we would support that.
bid creates impression process
This process creates an impression that the bid may have been launched hurriedly.
create growth jobs money obviously past suburbs work
We have put a lot of money into the suburbs over the past 20 years, ... But obviously it wasn't enough. We need to work on how to create more jobs and growth in those areas.
absolute billion clear
It is clear that this 70 billion euros of debt... is really the absolute priority,
food interested modern security
I think being interested in food security is modern and necessary,
demand markets oil open supply today visibility
Today there is not enough visibility between demand and supply and oil markets are not as open as others,
concerned definitely extremely oil speak
We are extremely concerned about the oil price. In Moscow, we will definitely speak about oil.