2023-11-23 09:50:16
Published on Nov. 23, 2023 at 8:47 a.m. Updated on Nov. 23, 2023 at 8:50 a.m.
About the. No, we don’t know everything about Simone Veil, even if she told her story in “Une vie”. Laurène Vernet, doctor in contemporary history, worked to shed light on the lesser known episodes – such as her meeting with Antoine, her husband – and to “recontextualize” her struggles.
Who knows that her favorite position was not that of first president of the European Parliament, nor even Minister of Health, but of member of the Constitutional Council? The book also looks back on his toughness – his strong character hiding under Chanel suits and good manners – and on his paradoxes: traditional but for progress, attached to the French nation but favorable to the union of Europe, fighting for the memory of the Shoah but also for the recognition of the Righteous…
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