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Intangible assets (Details Textual)
€ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2018
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2017
EUR (€)
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Goodwill   € 1,204
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary 80.00% 80.00%  
Impairment loss € 1,701   € 913
Impairment Loss Hypothesis Used a decrease of 63% on average in the projected volumes or commercial margins; (ii) an increase of 12.1 percentage points in the discount rate; and (iii) a final negative nominal growth rate of 26.2%. a decrease of 63% on average in the projected volumes or commercial margins; (ii) an increase of 12.1 percentage points in the discount rate; and (iii) a final negative nominal growth rate of 26.2%.  
Acquisitions through business combinations, intangible assets and goodwill € 45    
CGU Domestic Gas Market [Member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Goodwill € 706    
Foreign countries [member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections 5.40%    
Tax rate effect of impairment of goodwill 6.10% 6.10%  
ThessalonikiThessalia SA [Member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary 49.00% 49.00%  
Acquisitions through business combinations, intangible assets and goodwill | $   $ 51  
Eni Gas & Power France SA [Member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Acquisitions through business combinations, intangible assets and goodwill | $   $ 95  
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member] | Retail Gas [Member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Intangible assets other than goodwill € 166    
Licences and franchises [member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Intangible assets other than goodwill 151    
Licences and franchises [member] | Gas Imports [Member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Intangible assets other than goodwill 27    
Intangible assets under development [member]      
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets Explanatory [Line Items]      
Intangible assets other than goodwill € 78