Simone Veil to Be Laid to Rest in Panthéon, Among France’s Revered
He praised her for making France "better and more beautiful." "Just as you leave us, Madame, please receive the immense thanks of the French people to one of its much cherished
children, whose example will never leave us," Mr. Macron said in front of Ms. Veil’s coffin, which was draped with a French flag at the center of the Invalides courtyard.
By AURELIEN BREEDENJULY 5, 2017
PARIS — Simone Veil, a Holocaust survivor and former health minister who championed France’s legalization of abortion, will be laid
to rest in the Panthéon alongside dozens of the country’s most revered figures, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.
Mr. Macron said that Ms. Veil’s family had agreed to the placement in the Panthéon and
that she would be laid to rest with her husband, Antoine, who died in 2013.
The honor will make Ms. Veil, who died last week at 89, one of the few women placed in the
Panthéon, which holds many of France’s greatest politicians, scientists and writers.
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