25 December 2024 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: General, European Union, Portrait
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in 1982 © European Union
Simone Veil was a French
magistrate,
Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as
Health Minister in several governments and was
President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. As health minister, she is best remembered for advancing
women’s rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized
abortion, today known as the
Veil Act (French: Loi Veil). From 1998 to 2007, she was a member of the
Constitutional Council, France’s highest legal authority.
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21 October 2011 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, Paris / Île-de-France, UNESCO World Heritage
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Jardin du Palais du Luxembourg © Dinkum
The 6th arrondissement includes world famous educational institutions such as the
École des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the
Académie française, the seat of the
French Senate as well as a concentration of some of Paris most famous monuments such as
Saint-Germain Abbey and square,
St. Sulpice Church and square, the
Pont des Arts or the Jardins du Luxembourg.
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