Editing Simone Veil (section)

===European Parliament, 1979–1993===
In 1979, Veil was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in the [[1979 European Parliament election in France|first European parliamentary election]]. In its first session, the new Parliament elected Veil as its first [[President of the European Parliament|President]],<ref name="lancet">{{Cite journal |last=Casassus |first=Barbara |date=2017-07-22 |title=Obituary Simone Veil |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31880-9/fulltext |journal=[[The Lancet]] |volume=390 |issue=10092 |pages=356|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31880-9 |s2cid=54386828 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> a position she held until 1982.<ref name="EP profile"/> The archives concerning her term as President of the European Parliament are deposited at the [[Historical Archives of the European Union]] in Florence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.eui.eu/en/fonds/352139?item=PE1.P1|title=Cabinet de la Présidence Simone Veil|website=archives.eui.eu|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref>

In 1981, Veil won the prestigious [[Karlspreis|Charlemagne Prize]], an award given to honour the contributions made by individuals to advancing the unity of Europe.<ref name="Trade Arabia">{{cite web|title=Bahrain business pioneer Veil mourned|url=http://ftp.tradearabia.com/news/MISC_234083.html|website=Trade Arabia|access-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707061411/http://ftp.tradearabia.com/news/MISC_234083.html|archive-date=7 July 2014}}</ref>

After the end of her term as President in 1982, she remained a member of the European Parliament; she was re-elected for the last time in the [[1989 European Parliament election in France|1989 election]], stepping down in 1993.<ref name="EP profile" /> She was Chair of the [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]] until 1989.<ref name="EP profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1174/SIMONE_VEIL_home.html |title=Simone VEIL: History of parliamentary service |website=[[Europa (Web portal)|Europa.eu]] |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>

Between 1984 and 1992, she served on the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]], and the [[Committee on Political Affairs (European Parliament)|Committee on Political Affairs]]. After stepping down from these committees, she served on the [[Committee on Foreign Affairs (EU)|Committee on Foreign Affairs]] and its related [[Subcommittee on Human Rights]]. Between 1989 and 1993, she was also a member of Parliament's delegation to the [[ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]], serving as its vice-chairwoman until 1992.<ref name="EP profile"/>