Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed condolences over the death of the country's former leader, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the presidential press service said in a statement.
"The guidelines set by him for France are still determining our steps. The servant of the state, the politician of progress and freedom: his death is a mourning for the French people. The president of the republic and his wife are expressing sincere condolences to his [Giscard d'Estaing's] wife, children and relatives, residents of the Auvergne region, those supporting him and his ideas, as well as the whole French nation," the statement said.