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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Schmidt affirm the requirement that, in parallel to enlargement, European integration must be continued "by countries who have the political will" to continue, creating new institutions between them

Former President of the French Republic Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and the former German Chancellor, Helmut Schmit, have published an article together, to which Le Figaro gives the title: "Europe's Lesson". In our opinion, the article is exceptionally important because both players denounce, with refreshing frankness, the evils that are currently eating away at the building of Europe. They sketch out a solution for the future.

These two celebrities, who, in the positions of power and...