The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'

Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.

Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.

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.

France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.

France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.