Okay, Mr. Valentini, we are making progress. Earlier, we were able to agree on the fact that you lost billions of dollars.Now, we have just agreed on the fact that you are managing public money. However, when you talk about industry standards and compare yourselves to the rest of the industry, I would like to insist on one thing: I would like you to pass on the following message to your partners on the Board of Directors: if they are convinced that they deserve more, they have only to leave and move into the private sector, where they may, indeed, be in a position to earn more. But, for the time being, they are managing public sector funds and, in the public sector, when you lose billions of dollars, you do not pay yourself a bonus. Do we agree on that?
On April 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.