Euthanasia and assisted suicide: Why does France have so much trouble with the end of life?

– Why does France have so much trouble with the end of life?

By launching a citizens’ convention on the end of life, Emmanuel Macron is grasping a subject that the country has been rejecting for twenty years. The reasons for this delay.

Posted today at 07:29

Emmanuel Macron during the presentation of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor to Line Renaud. As she pleaded for a euthanasia law, “We will!” he had promised.

LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP

Emmanuel Macron has finally decided to seriously take up the question of “end-of-life support”. This Friday, a citizens’ convention of 150 people drawn by lot and representative of the population will begin its work: nine weekends of meetings before submitting its conclusions in mid-March. Jonathan Denis, president of ADMD (Association for the right to die with dignity), will be among the experts heard.

ABO articles are for subscribers only.

SubscribeTo log in