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==Awards== * In 2005 she was awarded the [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]] in International Cooperation.<ref name="Intermark">{{cite web | last=Intermark | first=IT | title=Simone Veil - Princess of Asturias Awards - The Princess of Asturias Foundation | website=The Princess of Asturias Foundation | url=https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2005-simone-veil.html?especifica=0}}</ref> * In 2007 she was awarded the [[North-South Prize]] of the [[Council of Europe]].<ref name="Committee of Ministers Chairmanships 2019">{{cite web | title=Simone Veil, laureate of the North-South Prize 2007 | website=Committee of Ministers Chairmanships | date=13 March 2019 | url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/presidency/photo-gallery/-/asset_publisher/5KfpgTkmc7nJ/content/simone-veil-laurete-du-prix-nord-sud-2007?_101_INSTANCE_5KfpgTkmc7nJ_viewMode=view%2F}}</ref> * In 2008 she won the [[Charles V European Award|Charles V Prize]], awarded by the Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste in honour of "her acknowledged merits in the struggle for the advancement of women's equality."<ref name="S.A. 2008">{{cite web |last=S.A. |first=Sarenet |date=19 June 2008 |title=King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía honour Simone Veil |url=http://www.surinenglish.com/20080619/news/spain/king-juan-carlos-queen-200806190950.html |website=SUR in English}}</ref> * In 2010 she received the [[Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi|Coudenhove-Kalergi Badge]] by the [[Europa-Union Deutschland|Europa-Union Münster]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Coudenhove-Kalergi-Plakette: Preisträger|trans-title=Coudenhove-Kalergi Badge: Recipients|url=http://europa-union-muenster.de/CKP.aspx#h2_Preisträger|website=Europa Union Deutschland, Kreisverband Münster|access-date=30 January 2017|language=de}}</ref> * 2011 [[Schiller Prize of the City of Marbach]]<ref name="Home - Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology 2019">{{cite web |date=6 April 2019 |title=The Schiller Prize of the City of Marbach am Neckar 2019 will be awarded to Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |url=https://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/article/the-schiller-prize-of-the-city-of-marbach-am-neckar-2019-will-be-awarded-to-christiane-nuesslein-vol/ |access-date=21 July 2021 |website=[[Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology]] |language=de}}</ref> * She was a jury member for the Conflict Prevention Prize awarded every year by the [[Fondation Chirac]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fondationchirac.eu/en/conflicts-prevention/the-prize-for-conflict-prevention/the-jury/|title=The Jury|website=Fondation Chirac}}</ref> * In 2018 she was the subject of a [[2 euro commemorative coins|€2 commemorative coin]], whose design included her deportation registration number, the [[European Parliament]] and the year "1975" signifying the legalisation of abortion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:C2018/155/03&from=DE|title=New national side of euro coin intended for circulation|website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}</ref> ===Honorary degrees=== {{unreferenced section|date=July 2017}} {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Princeton University]] (United States), 1975 * [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] (Israel), 1976 * [[Bar-Ilan University]] (Israel), 1979 * [[University of Cambridge]] (England), 1980 * [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], 1980 * [[Yale University]] (United States), 1980 * [[University of Edinburgh]] (Scotland), 1980 * [[Georgetown University]] (United States), 1981 * [[University of Urbino]] (Italy), 1981 * [[University of Sussex]] (England), 1982 * [[Yeshiva University]] of New York (United States), 1982 * [[Université libre de Bruxelles]] (Belgium), 1984 * [[American University of Paris]] (France), 1988 * [[Brandeis University]] (United States), 1989 * [[University of Glasgow]] (Scotland), 1995 * [[University of Pennsylvania]] (United States), 1997 * [[University of Cassino and Southern Lazio]] (Italy), 2006 * [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] (Israel), 2010 {{Div col end}} ===The Simone Veil Prize=== In 2018, the government of France established a prize in memory of Veil to honour people who fight for women's causes.<ref name="launch" /> The intent is to draw attention to efforts to promote women's autonomy, education, participation in leadership roles, and freedom from violence and discrimination.<ref name=launch>{{cite web|url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/human-rights/women-s-rights/events-6401/article/launch-of-the-simone-veil-prize-of-the-french-republic-08-03-19 |title=Launch of the Simone Veil Prize of the French Republic |date=8 March 2019 |website=France Diplomatie |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> The prize is awarded each year on 8 March, [[International Women's Day]], with €100,000 to support work in the winner's area of concern. On 8 March 2019, the first Simone Veil Prize was awarded to [[Aissa Doumara Ngatansou]], co-founder of the Association for the Elimination of Violence against Women (ALVF) in Cameroon.<ref name=launch /><ref>{{cite web |date=8 March 2019 |title=Cameroon women's activist wins award in memory of French icon Simone Veil |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190308-cameroon-women-aissa-doumara-ngatansou-simone-veil-prize |access-date=3 June 2019 |website=[[France 24]]}}</ref> ===Other recognition=== * A French-language biographical drama film about her was released in 2022: ''[[Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.ncronline.org/culture/simone-veil-biopic-explores-serving-others-world-inflicts-pain | work = National Catholic Reporter | access-date = 6 March 2024 | date = 18 August 2023 | title = Simone Veil biopic explores serving others in a world that inflicts pain | first = Jose | last = Solís }}</ref> * The Simone Veil Bridge by [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]] in [[Bordeaux|Bordeaux, France]], which opened in July 2024, is named in her honour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Feargus |date=12 July 2024 |title=Rethinking What an Urban Bridge Can Do |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-12/bordeaux-pont-simone-veil-by-rem-koolhaas-oma-rethinks-the-urban-bridge |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>
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