She was also a Member of the European Parliament after François Bayrou resigned.

A specialist in social issues, she was briefly (May–November 1995) Secrétaire d'État aux Quartiers en difficulté ((in French) "Secretary of State for Quarters in Difficulty") in the first Juppé government.

From May 2003 until her death, de Veyrinas was president of the Conseil national des missions locales ((in French) "National Council of Local Missions").

She received many tributes and mayor Pierre Cohen came to her funeral.

This page was translated from its equivalent in the French Wikipedia on 19 July 2009.