Employee Benefits - Summary of Changes in Present Value of Defined Benefit Obligation (Details) - EUR (€) € in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of information about defined benefit plans [abstract]
Defined benefit obligation, beginning balance	€ 864
Increase in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from current service cost	169	€ 154
Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from interest expense (income)	8	5
Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from gain (loss) on remeasurement in other comprehensive income	0	0
Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from past service cost	(258)	(216)
Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from service paid to employees	0	0
Defined benefit obligation, ending balance	€ 782	€ 864

Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from service paid to employees

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The increase (decrease) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from employee service in the current period. [Refer: Net defined benefit liability (asset)]

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The decrease (increase) in a net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from the remeasurement of that net defined benefit liability (asset). [Refer: Net defined benefit liability (asset)]

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The increase (decrease) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from the passage of time. [Refer: Interest expense; Net defined benefit liability (asset)]

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The amount of deficit or surplus in a defined benefit plan, adjusted for any effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [member]]

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The increase (decrease) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from past service cost. Past service cost is the change in the present value of the defined benefit obligation for employee service in prior periods, resulting from a plan amendment (the introduction or withdrawal of, or changes to, a defined benefit plan) or a curtailment (a significant reduction by the entity in the number of employees covered by a plan). [Refer: Net defined benefit liability (asset); Defined benefit plans [member]]

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