The Custodian of the Crown, Margareta, has expressed condolences over the death of French ex-president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who she said was one of the "architects" of the European Union.
According to the same source, for King Mihai I, President Giscard d'Estaing was "a counterpart open to Romania's problems." After 1989, King Mihai and the Custodian of the Crown met the former President of France in Paris and Strasbourg, "to promote the democratization of Romania and Europe's readiness to reintegrate it with the continental community."
Her Majesty Margareta sent a letter of condolences to the daughter of the former President of France, Valerie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing.
The former President, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 94 of age, died on December 2, in his family home in Loir-et-Cher, of COVID-19, according to the AFP.