FRANCE-POLITICS-ANNIVERSARY

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing looks on at the conference of the fiftieth anniversary of the election of Georges Pompidou to the Presidency of the Republic: "With Georges Pompidou, think France: inheritances and perspectives" in paris on June 20, 2019. - A man of letters who became a statesman, Georges Pompidou, whose election 50 years ago as President of the Republic was celebrated by Emmanuel Macron on June 19, 2019, firmly held the reins of the country which was galloping towards prosperity and which he helped to modernize. the best and worst. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP) (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)