Interview with 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, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) on 17 November 2008 in the offices of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in Paris. The interview, conducted by Hervé Bribosia, Research Coordinator at the CVCE, particularly focuses on the following subjects: the origins of the European Convention and the appointment of its Chairman; those involved in the Convention; the Convention method and its future; the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe; and the future of the European Union.