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    Simone Veil (French: [simɔn vɛj] ; née Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health...
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  • Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century (French: Simone, le voyage du siècle) is a French biographical drama film written and directed by Olivier Dahan. The...
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    Europe – Simone Veil (French pronunciation: [øʁɔp simɔn vɛj]) is a station on Line 3 of the Paris Métro located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The...
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    Veil died on 11 April 2013. On 5 July 2017, President of France Emmanuel Macron announced that the remains of Antoine Veil and his wife Simone Veil would...
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    (2017-07-05). "France buries women's rights icon Simone Veil". en.rfi.fr. Katz, Brigit. "France's Simone Veil Will Become the Fifth Woman Buried in the Panthéon"...
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  • pertaining to the decriminalization of abortion in France. It was prepared by Simone Veil, minister of health during the presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...
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  • UDF was accused of being "the foreign party". As the UDF list, led by Simone Veil, obtained a very good result compared with RPR's score, the quarrels...
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  • Pictures for Sad Children is a 2007 webcomic, created by Simone Veil. The webcomic, about a ghost named Paul, featured a spare and minimalist black-and-white...
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  • and writer in New York.[citation needed] In 2005, French politician Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor, was invited to speak at the commemoration of...
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  • and became a writer. A survivor of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Simone Veil later became lawyer, a judge and major political figure in France and...
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    Islamists" as one of the reasons for her departure. In 2019, she received the Simone Veil Prize for her fight against global Islamism. However, in December 2023...
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  • French telecommunications and media executive Simone Veil (1927–2017), French lawyer and politician Theodor Veil [de] (1879–1965), German architect; see Deutscher...
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    violence; in 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Camp survivor Simone Veil was elected President of the European Parliament, serving from 1979 to...
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  • access to contraception. It paved the way for the "Veil Act" — named for Health Minister Simone Veil — which repealed the penalty for voluntarily terminating...
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    he was innovative regarding women. He gave major cabinet positions to Simone Veil as Minister of Health and Françoise Giroud as secretary for women's affairs...
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    Minister of Equipment Robert Boulin – Minister of Relations with Parliament Simone Veil – Minister of Health Robert Galley – Minister of Cooperation Pierre Brousse...
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  • Inácio Lula da Silva 2004: The European Union's Erasmus Programme 2005: Simone Veil 2006: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2007: Al Gore 2008: Manhiça Centre...
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    Walter Scheel 1978 Konstantinos Karamanlis 1979 Emilio Colombo 1981 Simone Veil 1982 Juan Carlos of Spain 1984 Karl Carstens 1986 The People of Luxembourg...
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    Cornelis Berkhouwer Jean Durieux [fr] Jean-François Pintat Martin Bangemann Simone Veil Valery Giscard d'Estaing Yves Galland Gijs de Vries Pat Cox Graham Watson...
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    (carrières hors du commun). In 2009, Simone Veil became the first person to enter the Order at Grand Officer level. Veil was a member of the Académie française...
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    Inácio Lula da Silva 2004: The European Union's Erasmus Programme 2005: Simone Veil 2006: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2007: Al Gore 2008: Manhiça Centre...
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    instead nominating a UDF Prime minister (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing or Simone Veil). President Mitterrand refused. The polls indicated a "pink surge" if...
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    La Loi Veil ("The Veil Act") was passed, decriminalizing abortion in France. The law was introduced by the presiding Health Minister Simone Veil, under...
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    designs for the 10-, 20-, and 50-cent coins will be introduced, featuring Simone Veil on the 10-cent, Josephine Baker on the 20-cent, and Marie Curie on the...
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    parliament held its first session on 17 July 1979, electing Simone Veil MEP as its president. Veil was also the first female president of the Parliament since...
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    the Group secured its first President of the European Parliament since Simone Veil, when Pat Cox was elected to the post to serve the latter half of the...
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    Cornelis Berkhouwer Jean Durieux [fr] Jean-François Pintat Martin Bangemann Simone Veil Valery Giscard d'Estaing Yves Galland Gijs de Vries Pat Cox Graham Watson...
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    in her first stage appearance, she performed La Bonne Étoile at the Simone Veil theater in Saint-Nazaire during the Salade concert at the Aristide-Briand...
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    Revelation. In 2022, Marder portrayed a young Simone Veil in Olivier Dahan's biographical drama Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century. That same year, she...
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    Cornelis Berkhouwer Jean Durieux [fr] Jean-François Pintat Martin Bangemann Simone Veil Valery Giscard d'Estaing Yves Galland Gijs de Vries Pat Cox Graham Watson...
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