On Tuesday 4 July, the European Parliament once again paid tribute to Simone Veil, who presided over the first European Parliament elected by direct universal suffrage in 1979.
“A French woman, a European, a minister of State, an Auschwitz survivor, a great figure of our time, a politician, a woman. In her extraordinary life, she was all of that and much more. The history of her life is the history of our continent”, said the current President of the institution, Antonio Tajani (our...