Several leading European figures gathered on Thursday 2 December at the European Parliament seat in Strasbourg to pay tribute to Valéry Giscard d Estaing, who died at the age of 94 on 2 December 2020, a year ago today (see EUROPE B12615A6).
The European institutions were represented by their respective presidents: Charles Michel for the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen for the European Commission and David Sassoli for the European Parliament. All three spoke, as did the German...