Emmanuel Macron will outline “at the end of March” the follow-up that will be given to the work of the Citizens’ Convention on the end of life, the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, announced on Wednesday.
“It will receive the members of the Citizen Convention as soon as their work is completed”, which must be returned on March 19, he indicated during the report of the Council of Ministers.
“And so at the end of March he will have the opportunity to give the vademecum, to prepare the rest of the work,” he added.
“Check in all directions”
After almost three months of debate, the nearly 180 participants in the citizens’ convention voted on Sunday in favor of a change in the “active assistance in dying” law.
Regarding the modalities of this help when dying, 72% were in favor of assisted suicide, 66% in favor of euthanasia. Some questions remain unanswered, in particular that of the consciousness of people at the end of life.
Since 2016, the so-called Claeys Leonetti law has allowed the “deep and continuous sedation” of certain patients until their death, without, however, allowing them to actively cause their death or give them the means to do so. so.
“In addition, we continue to consult the healthcare community, users, political forces in all directions,” continued Olivier Véran.
The minister has specified that he will soon go to Spain, with “parliamentarians from all sides”, “to see what works and what does not work in the countries that have already legislated”. He has already made similar trips to Switzerland and Belgium.
Source: BFM TV
