Former French President Giscard d'Estaing dies at 94

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in Paris, France, on Feb. 11, 2016. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

PARIS—Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, a key architect of European integration in the early 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.

By Michel Rose and Sarah White