Editing Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (section)

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[[File:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing05b.jpg|thumb|upright|Giscard d'Estaing in 1986]]
After his defeat, Giscard retired temporarily from politics.<ref name=regain/> In 1984, he was re-elected to his seat in the National Assembly<ref name=regain>{{Cite news|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|date=24 September 1984|title=Giscard Regains Seat in Parliament|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/24/world/giscard-regains-seat-in-parliament.html|access-date=3 December 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and won the presidency of the [[Regional council (France)|regional council]] of [[Auvergne (région)|Auvergne]].<ref name=WPO/><ref name=NYTobit/> He was president of the [[Council of European Municipalities and Regions]] from 1997 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/n80045870/valery-giscard-destaing/|title=Valéry Giscard d'Estaing|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>

In 1982, along with his friend [[Gerald Ford]], he co-founded the annual [[AEI World Forum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/12/images/20061226-2_07fordv6560-24w-515h.html|title=Former President Gerald R. Ford stands with Vice President Dick Cheney|publisher=The [[White House|Bush White House]]|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> He also served on the [[Trilateral Commission]] after being president, writing papers with [[Henry Kissinger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eismd.eu/governance/presidency/|title=VALÉRY GISCARD D'ESTAING|publisher=EISMD.eu|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>

He hoped to become [[Prime Minister of France|prime minister]] during the first "[[Cohabitation (government)|cohabitation]]" (1986–1988) or after the re-election of Mitterrand with the theme of "France united", but he was not chosen for this position.<ref name=BBCobit/> During the [[1988 French presidential election|1988 presidential campaign]], he refused to choose publicly between the two right-wing candidates, his two former Prime Ministers [[Jacques Chirac]] and [[Raymond Barre]].<ref name=BBCobit/>

He served as president of the UDF from 1988 to 1996, but he was faced with the rise of a new generation of politicians called the ''rénovateurs'' ("renovation men").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2009/04/16/01002-20090416ARTFIG00364-vingt-ans-apres-les-renovateurs-.php|title=Vingt ans après, les rénovateurs|work=Le Figaro|date=16 April 2009|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> Most of the UDF politicians supported the candidacy of the RPR Prime Minister [[Édouard Balladur]] at the [[1995 French presidential election|1995 presidential election]], but Giscard supported his old rival Jacques Chirac, who won the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/jacques-chirac/valery-giscard-d-estaing-et-edouard-balladur-les-meilleurs-ennemis-de-jacques-chirac_3633329.html|title=Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Edouard Balladur, Jacques Chirac's best enemies|publisher=France TV|access-date=3 December 2020|date=29 September 2019}}</ref> That same year Giscard suffered a setback when he lost a close election for the mayoralty of [[Clermont-Ferrand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2008/02/07/01002-20080207ARTFIG00006-l-ump-tente-un-nouvel-assaut-en-auvergne.php |title=L'UMP tente un nouvel assaut en Auvergne |work=Le Figaro |date=7 February 2008 |access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>

In 2000, he made a parliamentary proposal to reduce the length of a presidential term from seven to five years, a proposal that eventually won its referendum proposal by President Chirac.<ref name=term>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/frances-new-five-year-presidential-term/|title=France's New Five-Year Presidential Term|date=1 March 2001|publisher=Brooking Institute}}</ref> Following his retirement from the National Assembly his son [[Louis Giscard d'Estaing]] was elected in his former  constituency.<ref name=NYTobit/>