(FILES) French Secretary of State for Cooperation Charles Josselin leaves the Elysee Presidential Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris on April 14, 1999. 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 Denis CHARLET / AFP via Getty Images)