The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.

Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.

Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.

Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.