François Bayrou, boss of the MoDem and pillar of the majority, expresses reservations about an evolution of the law

Is this a way of influencing the choices of the government? In an interview at Figaro, Wednesday, May 3, the boss of the MoDem François Bayrou expresses his reservations at the idea of ​​a change in the legislation on the end of life. A subject on which Emmanuel Macron asked the government for a bill “by the end of summer”in the wake of the conclusions of the Citizens’ Convention.

“We have a law to accompany this passage towards death, but we are not doing a public service to kill”declares the High Commissioner for Planning, deeming the current Claeys-Leonetti law sufficient on the subject. “It is not applied, let’s apply it”he argues, judging that “the first priority is to mesh the territory of palliative care units”.

At the beginning of April, the Convention on the end of life, made up of 184 citizens who debated for three months, answered “Yes” three-quarters to an assist “active to die”concretely assisted suicide or euthanasia, while matching its positions with important restrictions.