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

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French business tax rate.

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Income tax.

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Income tax reconciliation change in repatriation of foreign earnings.

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

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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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		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax [Line Items]
French business tax, gross			$ 55.3	$ 69.5	$ 74.8
French business tax rate	1.50%	0.75%
Repatriation of non-United States earnings			(2.0)	(17.8)	2.5
Provision for income taxes			123.9	219.8	198.0
Germany
Income Tax [Line Items]
Provision for income taxes			36.9
Netherlands
Income Tax [Line Items]
Provision for income taxes			8.1
French Business Tax
Income Tax [Line Items]
Non-United States tax rate difference:			$ 43.7	$ 54.9	$ 59.1
United States
Income Tax [Line Items]
U.S. Federal statutory rate (as percent)			21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
French business tax difference
Income Tax [Line Items]
Non-United States tax rate difference:			$ (6.1)	$ (9.3)	$ (10.1)
Repatriation of non-United States earnings					(25.5)
French CICE
Income Tax [Line Items]
Non-United States tax rate difference:					$ (39.9)