Singer Françoise Hardy sends a letter to Emmanuel Macron to relaunch the debate on the end of life

“Dear Emmanuel Macron…” The singer Françoise Hardy, followed for several years for the consequences of pharyngeal cancer, sent a letter to the President of the Republic to relaunch the debate on the end of life. “We are all counting on your empathy and hope that you will allow the very sick and hopeless French people to stop their suffering when they know that there is no longer any relief possible”writes the artist in a letter published by The Sunday TribuneSunday December 17.

“This forum is a reflection of all the people I have had the opportunity to listen to”, replied the Minister for Health Professions, Agnès Firmin le Bodo, in the columns of the weekly. According to her, the bill on the end of life will be examined “in first reading in the year 2024”. “It will take a shuttle between the Assembly and the Senate which requires at least eighteen months of discussions. We cannot avoid debate on such a subject,” warns the minister.

A few days earlier, theThe singer declared that she was living a “nightmare” and want “leave soon and quickly”, in an interview with Paris Match, published Thursday December 14. The interpreter of How to say goodbye to youwho is due to celebrate her 80th birthday on January 17, 2024, has already declared herself several times in favor of euthanasia in recent years.