We have a huge responsibility to make sure that Europe remains a prosperous and peaceful continent.

A romantic or classical view of the French approach would have been to say, 'It's a French company; let no one attack it. Let's block any merger. But the reality is Alcatel-Lucent is not a French company; it's a global company. Its main markets are China and the U.S. Its ownership is foreign; most of its managers aren't French.

The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.

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