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Debt - Short-term debt (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Debt [Abstract] |  |  |
Short-term bank borrowings, total | € 76 | € 71 |
Forward contracts short term | 88 | 49 |
Current portion of non-current borrowings | 1,230 | 552 |
Current borrowings and current portion of non-current borrowings | € 1,394 | € 672 | € 1,585

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