As part of a survey carried out by the Robert Schuman Centre’s administration in March 2022, Simone Veil was chosen out of the ten proposed female Europeans who had a significant impact on politics and/or academia.
“The decision to rename the Fellowship was taken last year”, said Erik Jones, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre. “It is part of the EUI’s efforts to address the gender imbalance in the naming of events, Chairs, fellowships. Now we are looking forward to welcoming our first Simone Veil esteemed fellows soon”
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