(FILES) French Cooperation Minister Charles Josselin gives a press conference at the French embassy in Sanaa on November 5, 2001, after meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on plans for a post-Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Charles Josselin, a former minister in Lionel Jospin's government and a historic figure of the Socialist Party (PS) in Brittany, has died, PS First Secretary Olivier Faure announced on X on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Khaled FAZAA / AFP via Getty Images)