the bill should be debated “in Parliament next year”, according to Franck Riester

The end-of-life bill promised by Emmanuel Macron should be debated in Parliament in 2024, announced Monday September 25 the Minister of Relations with Parliament, Franck Riester. “I think it will be in the Council of Ministers before the end of the year, and then to Parliament next year“, the minister also clarified on Sud Radio.

Emmanuel Macron was to receive the bill “by the end of summer”, deadline set at the beginning of April by the Head of State following the work of the Citizens’ Convention on the end of life. The timetable has not since been specified, even if the government seemed to give itself additional time by recently mentioning a “significant progress by the end of September”. A way also to span the Pope’s visit to Marseille, where Emmanuel Macron was able to discuss the subject with the head of the Catholic Church, who warned against “the falsely dignified prospect of a gentle death.

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At this stage, the creation of “active assistance in dying” remains dependent on the decisions of the executive, which intends to articulate this new right with a palliative care development plan. Once adopted by the Council of Ministers, this text will be the subject of a “work by a special commission” in the Assembly and the Senate, according to Franck Riester.