(FILES) This file photo taken on September 17, 2010 shows former minister Simone Veil (L) and her husband Antoine Veil posing in the courtyard of the Hotel Matignon in Paris after they attended the Prix de l'Audace Creatrice 2010 ceremony. 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 / JACQUES DEMARTHON