The father of the European Constitution, former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, is back in the US.
On Tuesday (8 March) he was doing his best to sell the 460 article-long treaty to a crowd numbering around 300 people at the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia.
Before taking up the task of chairing the European Convention, Mr Giscard spent much of his time studying at the Philadelphia Convention, which prepared America's Constitution in 1787.
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.