Gross amount of french business tax for which a deduction is allowed for french income tax purposes.

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Income tax.

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Income tax reconciliation change in repatriation of foreign earnings.

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Amount of income tax expense (benefit) from effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and French tax reform.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to foreign income tax expense (benefit).

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Income Taxes - Income Tax Reconciliation (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 21, 2017
Income Tax [Line Items]
French business tax, gross		$ 69.5	$ 74.8	$ 72.1
Repatriation of non-United States earnings		(17.8)	2.5	69.7
United States Tax Act and French tax reform	$ (73.7)		3.2	(73.7)
French Business Tax
Income Tax [Line Items]
Non-United States tax rate difference:		$ 54.9	$ 59.1	$ 46.9
United States
Income Tax [Line Items]
U.S. Federal statutory rate (as percent)		21.00%	21.00%	35.00%
French business tax difference
Income Tax [Line Items]
Non-United States tax rate difference:		$ (9.3)	$ (10.1)	$ 0.4
Repatriation of non-United States earnings			(25.5)	1.3
French CICE
Income Tax [Line Items]
Non-United States tax rate difference:			$ (39.9)	$ (77.1)
Expense recorded prior to the Tax Act
Income Tax [Line Items]
Repatriation of non-United States earnings					$ 83.3