France's Jean-Marie Poimboeuf (L), Chairman and CEO of DCN (state owned military shipbuilder), congratulates Thales chairman and CEO Dominique Ranque (R) as French Finance Minister Thierry Breton (2nd L) and Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (2nd R) look on upon their joint news conference in Paris December 15, 2005. Heads of Thales and DCN and Ministers Breton and Alliot-Marie signed Thursday a joint declaration of intent with a view to combining the French naval business of Thales and DCN within DCN and the acquisition by Thales of a 25 percent interest in DCN. REUTERS/Charles Platiau