Giscard d'Estaing
Americannoun
noun
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As energy exporters accumulated dollar reserves, this allowed the U.S. to borrow extensively and cheaply, what former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing called its “exorbitant privilege.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
The Advocate reported that the visit will be the first by a French president since Valery Giscard d’Estaing traveled to Lafayette and New Orleans in 1976.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022
Simone Veil, a fellow lawyer and women’s rights advocate, took up the cause while serving as minister health in the French government of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
But in 1976 under President Giscard d'Estaing, the French state introduced a brighter blue on the tricolour to match the blue on the flag of Europe.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2021
He created the Grand Prize of the Institute of Letters and Manuscripts and bestowed it, along with a check for €10,000, on people such as Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the former president of France.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2020
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