At the instigation of the prefect of Eure-et-Loir, Fadela Benrabia, about sixty people from the prefecture paid tribute, this Wednesday, December 9, to the former President of the Republic, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who died on December 2 of Covid-19.
The prefect praised his memory by evoking the highlights of his seven-year term (1974 to 1981): “He modernized the country. He bequeaths us a major and essential heritage which has helped to change our daily life, such as the lowering of the age of majority from 21 to 18, the reform of the Constitutional Council, the legalization of voluntary termination of pregnancy, the establishment of divorce by mutual consent and the founding of the single college. “
“He leaves us a major legacy”: the prefect of Eure-et-Loir salutes the memory of former president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
At the town hall of Chartres, a guestbook was available to the public. Ten people wrote a note, including Jacques, a 65-year-old Champholian: “I was in the young Giscardiens team. I enjoyed the political, and the man. I cried when he was defeated in 1981. ”
Thierry delaunay
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