Two well known advocates of European integration, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Jacques Delors were answering the questions concerning Europe of a thousand of students who attended the meeting. The meeting took place in Paris, on Wednesday, 14 November 2012, and because I had a chance to actively participate in it, I would like to be the mediator of a couple of observations related to the Czech Republic. Two key actors of European integration. The speakers were born in the years of 1925 and 1926 and in the course of their lives they’ve discharged both European and national offices. Even after leaving them, these witnesses of the past par excellence are still active. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the French president between the