"IT WILL BE THE END OF EUROPE, " VALERY GISCARD d'Estaing famously declared, referring to Turkey's big to join the European Union.

瓦勒瑞“吉斯卡德在谈到土耳其申请加入欧盟是，有一个著名的论断：“那将是欧洲的终结。”

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The former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing said Europe "cannot move ahead without the Franco-German engine".

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In Turkey, few have forgotten the words of former French president and architect of the EU constitution Valery Giscard d'Estaing.

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