(FILES) This file photo taken on March 18, 2010 shows French Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor and the first elected president of the European parliament, posing as she leave the Institut de France after her entry ceremony as member of the prestigious Academie Francaise in Paris, the guardian of the French language. Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who played a leading role in legalising contraception and abortion in France, died on June 30, 2017, aged 89, her son said. Veil, an icon of French politics and the first president of the European Parliament, died at her home, Jean Veil said. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS GUILLOT