Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.

法国前总统瓦莱里·吉斯卡尔·德斯坦因感染新冠肺炎去世，享年94岁。

The former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.

法国前总统瓦莱里·吉斯卡尔·德斯坦因感染新冠肺炎去世，享年94岁。

A politician of the center-right, Giscard d'Estaing served a single term in the Elysee Palace from 1974.

吉斯卡尔·德斯坦是一位中右翼政治家，自1974年起在爱丽舍宫任一届任期。

Giscard had been admitted to hospital in September with respiratory complications, and was hospitalized again in mid-November.

吉斯卡尔曾于9月因呼吸道并发症入院，11月中旬再次住院。

Mr Giscard d'Estaing helped formalise a role for the summits of Europe's heads of state through the European Council.

吉斯卡尔·德斯坦通过欧洲理事会帮助欧洲国家元首峰会的角色正式化。

According to a foundation he had set up and chaired, Giscard died after suffering from complications linked to the coronavirus.

根据他建立并担任主席的一个基金会称，吉斯卡尔死于与冠状病毒有关的并发症。

Politicians across the French political spectrum have praised what they call Giscard d'Estaing's progressive policies and his work to strengthen the European project.

法国政界人士对吉斯卡尔·德斯坦的进步政策以及他为加强欧洲关系所做的工作表示赞赏。