andnio garcia pasqual, paolo scaroni, deputy chairman ed rothchild. we will take a little bit about leadership and capitalism. europe's biggest water company expects demand from china to keep going. we will interview the only a -- veolia's chief executive officer. ♪ fran: this is "the pulse." europe's largest water company reported earnings, matching analysts expectations today. their ceo joins us now from paris. first of all, congratulations on those results. if i look at the share price, they are currently gaining a little bit. what is your biggest concern for the next 12 months? the last year of our big plan, we reached all our goals, all our objective, and we even passed a lot of them. now, with 2016, we enter a new phase of our company. it is the new three-year plan with two big challenges. growth, mainly organic growth, and to continue our efficiency gains. we will be focused on these two big pillars of our new plan. fran: give me a sense of how you are operating and coping with the sluggish economic backdrop in france. i know you are doing th