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Let’s be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing -
Europe without Greece is like a child without a birth certificate.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
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We have sown a seed... Instead of a half-formed Europe, we have a Europe with a legal entity, with a single currency, common justice, a Europe which is about to have its own defence.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing -
You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing -
The rejection of the Constitutional treaty by voters in France was a mistake that should be corrected.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing -
Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing -
This text is, in fact, a rerun of a great part of the substance of the constitutional treaty.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing -
During my seven years in office, I was in love with seventeen million French women... I know this declaration will inspire irony and that English language readers will find it very French.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing