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Europe must look for and invent its own George Washington, says Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who led the team that wrote the treaty of Lisbon. Giscard d'Estaing, who is best remembered for being renamed Discard Gitanes by Willy Rushton, is going to have a hard time finding someone to fit the role.
- George Washington led his rebel army to victory over Britain.
- George Washington presided over the convention that drafted one of the most effective constitutions in history.
- George Washington signed the Jay Treaty, which gave his new country a decade of peace with Britain and gave rights to native Americans.
War hero, statesman and peacemaker. A man who has consistently been ranked as one of the greatest and best regarded US presidents. Frankly, he's a tough act to follow and there's no-one in Europe that could ever hope to achieve anywhere near as much as Washington.
I'm sure that Discard Gitanes would love the reflected glory that a new George Washington could give him. A statesman of hist stature would no doubt be good for Europe but let's be honest, it's not going to happen.
