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Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing · French official and politician (1926–2020) · 1926–2020

Appears in 38 videos · 42 passages, 2 of them in depth.

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Dominique Pagani treats Giscard d'Estaing as a chronological marker, often following Clouscard: with him begins, after 1968, the sequence in which the centre dominates, collective gains are liberalised and the public service is dismantled123. He sees in him the shift from the capitalism of effort and saving to that of "l'éclate" (letting loose)4. The president who plays the accordion in front of the cameras marks a turning point, in contrast to de Gaulle, the "commandeur"5. He places him in the centre right of the "extreme centre", alongside the Independent Republicans and the "divers modérés" (assorted moderates), and compares him to Mitterrand, with whom he supposedly produced the same society, as well as to Louis-Philippe and Macron67. He recalls several times that Giscard threatened to resign if de Gaulle did not pardon the OAS putschists8, and that he wanted to write the Christian reference into the European Constitution. He also mentions "Giscard l'Africain" and the Françafrique of his seven-year term.

  1. 1#5.1 bis FaceBook Live / Questions2 Nov 2018 · 57:31
  2. 2Guerre, néo-fascisme : le libéralisme-libertaire3 Mar 2023 · 19:45
  3. 3NÉOFASCISME ET IDÉOLOGIE DU DÉSIR : Michel CLOUSCARD toujours d'actualité ? - avec Dominique PAGANI23 May 2026 · 43:56
  4. 4Rencontre Dominique Pagani - Bernard Friot - 1er Juin 201812 Jun 2018 · 2:27:39
  5. 5#4 Neofascisme et idéologie du désir; sur la pensée de M.Clouscard.26 Sept 2014 · 22:32
  6. 6Pourquoi Clouscard est-il indispensable ? (ENG SUBTITLES) Et sa traduction en anglais aussi !3 Jan 2023 · 6:14
  7. 7La répression du sujet dans la société civile bourgeoise9 Aug 2025 · 45:44
  8. 8Pour une apocalypse "fraiche et joyeuse" ?24 Jun 2024 · 36:35

Summary produced automatically from 42 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Portrait: Giscard d'EstaingWho is this?

Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (UK:, US: ; French: ; 2 February 1926 – 2 December 2020), also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ministers Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Pierre Messmer, Giscard d'Estaing won the presidential election of 1974 with 50.8% of the vote against François Mitterrand of the Socialist Party. […]

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