Financial instruments - Summary of Fair Values of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Details) - EUR (€) € in Millions	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	€ 4,994	€ 4,326	€ 5,411
Financial assets at amortised cost	1,079	1,004	976
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income	438	407	547
Financial assets	7,590	6,915	8,132
Derivatives
Financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	67	289	324
Other
Financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	1,012	889	874
Fair value
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	4,994	4,326	5,411
Financial assets at amortised cost	1,079	1,004	976
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income	438	407	547
Financial assets	7,590	6,915	8,132
Financial liabilities
Bank loans and overdrafts	(606)	(519)	(540)
Bonds and other loans	(26,265)	(25,136)	(30,089)
Lease liabilities	(1,428)	(1,408)	(1,585)
Derivatives	(618)	(631)	(548)
Other financial liabilities	(457)	(418)	(281)
Financial liabilities	(29,374)	(28,112)	(33,043)
Fair value \| Derivatives
Financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	67	289	324
Fair value \| Other
Financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	1,012	889	874
Carrying amount
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	4,994	4,326	5,411
Financial assets at amortised cost	1,079	1,004	976
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income	438	407	547
Financial assets	7,590	6,915	8,132
Financial liabilities
Bank loans and overdrafts	(606)	(519)	(540)
Bonds and other loans	(27,599)	(26,512)	(31,007)
Lease liabilities	(1,428)	(1,408)	(1,585)
Derivatives	(618)	(631)	(548)
Other financial liabilities	(457)	(418)	(281)
Financial liabilities	(30,708)	(29,488)	(33,961)
Carrying amount \| Derivatives
Financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	67	289	324
Carrying amount \| Other
Financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	€ 1,012	€ 889	€ 874

The amount of cash on hand and demand deposits, along with short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. [Refer: Cash; Cash equivalents]

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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