France 2 Euro "Simone Veil" 2018
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• Special 2-euro coin in honor of Simone Veil (1927-2017). She was an influential French politician and the first female president of the European Parliament.
• Simone Veil was an icon in the fight for women's rights and very popular in France.
• On July 1, 2018, the bodies of Veil and her husband were buried at the Pantheon in Paris: a sign of the exceptional respect she enjoyed in France.
