The draft law on the end of service has been on the desk of the President of the Republic for several weeks. The government has been in no hurry since April last year and the presentation of the Citizens’ Assembly report on the end of life to the President of the Republic. Emmanuel Macron then quickly committed to reform. But this is a sensitive topic, and a relative majority serving in the Assembly does not necessarily bode well for a very calm debate. But the head of state seems to have decided to take a second step.
According to our information, on Tuesday, November 14, Emmanuel Macron invited several of his ministers to the Elysee Palace to make progress on this issue. Will Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau, the Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and health professionals Agnès Firmin Le Baudot be present? and the Minister of Solidarity and Family, Aurora Berger.
“Law of Freedom and Respect”
This meeting should allow progress to be made on several issues. Starting with the schedule for preparing the text, which was expected by the end of the year in the Council of Ministers. The contents of the bill will no doubt also be discussed, although very little information about the text has been leaked at this stage. We simply know that the draft project presented by Agnès Firmin Le Baudot to Emmanuel Macron is based on several aspects, including the development of palliative care or the creation of active aid in dying, including the conditions for implementation. The work still raises many questions. .
In government, some ministers involved in this issue consider it preferable, for example, not to include palliative care and active aid in dying in the same bill. Regarding the last point, the case of some patients who, due to their condition, would be physically unable to commit suicide by self-administration of a lethal product, continues to raise questions. We still know nothing about Emmanuel Macron’s position, which the minister describes as “shared from a personal and intimate point of view” on this issue.
During his speech to the Grand Orient of France, the head of state assured that “the right to die with dignity” will be subject to “the law of freedom and respect.” Without going into details about the file.
Source: Le Parisien
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