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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was a close friend of West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt and together they persuaded smaller European states to hold regular summit meetings, and set up the European Monetary System. They induced the Soviet Union to establish a degree of liberalisation through the Helsinki Accords.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (born February 2, 1926, Koblenz, Germany—died December 2, 2020, Loir-et-Cher, France) was a French political leader, who served as the third president of the Fifth Republic of France (1974–81).
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [v a l e ʁ i ʒ i s k a ʁ d ɛ s t ɛ̃] [d] Écouter — communément appelé « Giscard » ou désigné par ses initiales, « VGE » —, né le 2 février 1926 à Coblence et mort le 2 décembre 2020 à Authon , est un homme d'État français, président de la République de 1974 à 1981.
Dec 2, 2020 · Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the modern-minded conservative who became president of France in 1974 vowing to transform his tradition-bound, politically polarized country, only to be turned out of ...
- Jonathan Kandell
Dec 3, 2020 · Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday after contracting Covid-19.
Dec 2, 2020 · Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the former French president who has died at the age of 94 after being infected with Covid-19, was one of the outstanding political figures in postwar France and on the...
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Dec 2, 2020 · Elu président à 48 ans, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, mort mercredi à l’âge de 94 ans des suites du Covid-19, a connu une brillante ascension politique.