‘Stop pointing your finger at me!’: 50 years of French election TV debates
As the candidates prepare for Wednesday’s face off, a look back at a tradition that has the power to swing the result
December 2020
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing obituary
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies from Covid-19 complications
May 2020
Ex-French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing accused of sexual harassment
German journalist alleges VGE repeatedly touched her bottom during interview
October 2013
Greenslade
Why does the British press avoid debating EU membership?
Denis MacShane
Former Labour minister, Denis MacShane, wonders why our national newspapers failed to sponsor a debate on the future of Europe
November 2011
Wintour and Watt blog
Fingers point at France in Whitehall's eurozone blame game on Greece
Nicholas Watt: Britain points out that France, which is upset with Athens over its eurozone bailout referendum, was instrumental in admitting Greece to the EEC in 1981
September 2011
Wintour and Watt blog
Eurosceptic Tories will have to wait until 2013 for start of EU treaty talks
Nicholas Watt: Treaty negotiations may take at least two years, raising the prospect that they will run into the next British general election in 2015
December 2009
From the Guardian archive
From the archive: France foots the Imperial bill
Originally published on 2 December 1977: A jet cargo plane loaded with 20 tons of flowers is on its way to the Central African Empire to put the finishing touches to the coronation on Sunday of Emperor Bokassa
September 2009
This week
This week: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Nick Clegg and The Sugababes
Pass notes
Pass notes No 2,652: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Diana fantasies writ large
John Crace
Former French president hints at romance with Princess Diana
May 2005
The author's life in a single work
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing manoeuvred skilfully between federalists and Eurosceptics.
February 2005
A genuine chateau seals Giscard's noble destiny
Former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing can finally shrug off taunts that, despite his aristocratic bearing, he is no more than a lowly parvenu.
December 2003
Giscard secures immortal honour
Giscard sticks in Académie's craw
November 2003
World dispatch
Lame Académie
The much-derided guardians of Gallic linguistic purity, the Académie Française, are squabbling about whether to immortalise Valéry Giscard-d'Estaing among their ranks, reports Jon Henley.
July 2003
UK will join euro, says Giscard
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, author of the new EU constitution, has warmly praised Britain for its European "vocation" and predicted it will eventually say yes to his ideas and to joining the euro.
