In this interview, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic from 1974 to 1981 and Chairman of the Convention on the Future of Europe from December 2001 to July 2003, analyses the notion of constitution associated with the text resulting from the work of the Convention and the need for a third part of the draft Treaty concerning the policies and functioning of the European Union.

In this interview, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic from 1974 to 1981 and Chairman of the Convention on the Future of Europe from December 2001 to July 2003, considers the reasons for the ‘No’ vote in the referendum held in France on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, the treaty which resulted from the work of the Convention.