French lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.

The right to abortion in France has been inscribed in law for 47 years and enjoys broad support across the political spectrum.

French president Emmanuel Macron and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen paid tribute to a pair of leading European figures Friday as France formally took the reins of the 27-nation bloc for the next six months with big ambitions.

Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris.