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Financial assets available for sale (Details) - EUR (€)
€ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
DisclosureOfFinancialAssetsAvailableForSaleLineItems [Line Items]    
Current financial assets available-for-sale [1] € 207 € 238
Securities held for non-operating purposes [Member]    
DisclosureOfFinancialAssetsAvailableForSaleLineItems [Line Items]    
Current financial assets available-for-sale 207 238
Securities held for non-operating purposes [Member] | Quoted bonds issued by sovereign states [Member]    
DisclosureOfFinancialAssetsAvailableForSaleLineItems [Line Items]    
Current financial assets available-for-sale 190 210
Securities held for non-operating purposes [Member] | Quoted Securities Issued By Financial Institutions [Member]    
DisclosureOfFinancialAssetsAvailableForSaleLineItems [Line Items]    
Current financial assets available-for-sale € 17 € 28
[1] In the profit and loss account, economic effects were essentially recognized as expense within “Purchase, services and other” for €933 million (expense for €840 million in 2016) (impairments net of reversal) and as expense for €25 million within “Finance income (expense)” (expense for €276 million in 2016) (exchange rate differences at year-end and amortized cost).