Writing in French, Levits said: "We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, a politician of conviction, initiator of many decisive reforms both in France and in Europe. One of those European visionaries that the world so badly needs in these times!"
Nous apprenons avec une profonde tristesse le décès du Président Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, homme politique de convictions, initiateur de nombreuses réformes décisives tant en France qu’en Europe. Un de ces visionnaires européens dont le monde a tant besoin de nos jours! ??????
— Egils Levits (@valstsgriba) December 3, 2020
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing served as President of France from 1974 to 1981 and is credited with several important reforms and modernization efforts that had a profound effect on his country.
The French embassy in Rīga also noted his contribution in a life "entirely devoted to serving the French people and the construction of Europe."
#ValeryGiscarddEstaing | Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, le troisième Président de la Ve République, nous a quittés ce mercredi 2 décembre à l’âge de 94 ans, après une vie tout entière consacrée au service des Français et à la construction de l'Europe.
— France en Lettonie (@FrancijaLatvija) December 3, 2020
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The Latvian embassy in France also expressed its condolences to Valéry Giscard d’Estaing's nearest and dearest and the French people as a whole.
