a bill should see the light of day by the end of the summer

Sunday April 2, the long applause of the 184 members of the citizens’ convention on the end of life contrasted with the seriousness of the subject. They were the next day at the Élysée (Paris). SI Emmanuel Macron does not commit to the substance, he wants a bill to come to fruition quickly. “A country has been waiting for you, now it hears you. And it is this additional step towards consensus, which could not have taken place without you, which is the strength of this democratic adventure, and which will now be pursued by the government and parliamentarians between now and the end of the summer“, did he declare.

Choice between assisted suicide and euthanasia

76% of the members of the citizens’ convention declared themselves in favor of a conditional opening to active assistance in dying. The person at the end of life should have the choice between assisted suicide, which sees the patient administering the lethal product himself, and euthanasia, an injection performed by a caregiver.