Guest, Monday, on France Culture, Jean Leonetti, former MP and co-author of the 2016 Claeys-Leonetti law on the end of life, reacted to Emmanuel Macron’s announcements on a bill for “assisted dying. ”
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“We are going to have enormous difficulties in applying the law” for a “assisted dying”, proposed on Sunday by Emmanuel Macron, reacts, Monday March 11, at the microphone of France Culture Jean Leonetti, former deputy and co-author of the Claeys-Leonetti law of 2016 on the end of life. The day before, the Head of State affirmed in an interview with Libération and La Croix that the text establishing assistance in dying under “strict conditions” will be presented to the Council of Ministers in April, with a view to a first reading in May in the National Assembly.
Jean Leonetti judge “positive” what he considers to be “the display of caution”. But the mayor of Antibes considers that the terms of this future law are “blurred”because Emmanuel Macron “says that it is neither euthanasia nor assisted suicide, but a bit of both”. “When we are vague, there is a difficulty in applying laws which are not extremely clear“, maintains Jean Leonetti.
The definition of “medium term”
The former UMP deputy fears that “the definition of French action in this area” either also “blurry”. “Assistance in dying can be interpreted as assisted suicide, euthanasia or the development of palliative care”, he says. Jean Leonetti also denounces the absence, according to him, of a definition of what is “a middle term”. “Short term, we can see that it’s a few days, a few weeks. But what is medium term? One year, two years?”he asks himself.
