# Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Back to [[Economic Freedom and Prosperity]] · [[Case Studies/EU Treaty Referendums 2005-2009|Case study]] **Role:** President of France 1974–81 and president of the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002–03), which drafted the Constitutional Treaty ◻. Died December 2020 ◻. - In *Le Monde* on Oct 26, 2007 he argued that the Lisbon Treaty kept the Constitution's institutional proposals "intact", in a different order and spread across the existing treaties, a "toolbox" with the same tools ✔ (via search summary, [Paperblog](https://www.paperblog.fr/252112/valery-giscard-d-estaing-et-la-boite-a-outils-de-lisbonne/)). - EUobserver's report on his comments is headlined that Lisbon was "made to avoid referendum" ✔ ([EUobserver](https://euobserver.com/53854/lisbon-treaty-made-to-avoid-referendum-says-giscard/); body not read in full). - **In X research:** the "almost unchanged" claim in [@brivael, Nov 1, 2026, 4:05 AM CST](https://x.com/brivael/status/2116833977155702887) rests on him. See [[Users/@brivael/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - brivael on Globalism as an Ideology That Won (2026-11-01)|post analysis]]. Key: ✔ confirmed this session · ◻ standard knowledge, not opened this session · ⚠️ unconfirmed.