Regarding the terms of access to this aid to die, 72 % of the 184 participants spoke in favor of assisted suicide, 66 % in favor of an euthanasia.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
Participants in the Citizen Convention on the End of Life spoke, on Sunday, February 19, mainly in favor of an evolution of the law for “active help to die”, during a vote in the Economic Council, social and environmental (CESE).
At the end of almost three months of debate, 84 % of them estimated that the “frame of support for the end of life” did not respond “to the various situations encountered”, during a Voting in several stages on “the guidelines for answers to the Prime Minister’s question”.
The question: “should access to active help be open?”, 75 % voted “yes”, 19 % voted “no”, according to the results of the report broadcast live Since the EESC, where the Citizen Convention has been brought together on the call of the government. Regarding the terms of access to this aid to die, 72 % spoke in favor of assisted suicide, 66 % in favor of euthanasia.
“Restore hope”
The 184 participants, drawn by lot, were therefore not surprised in favor of a change in current legislation, which Emmanuel Macron plans. In early January, an informal and unforeseen first vote had shown a movement in this direction. Since 2016, the so-called Claeys-Leonetti law allows “deep and continuous sedation” for certain patients until their death, without allowing to actively provoke their death or give them the means.
“A turning point has been taken, he marks the end of the deliberation phase. There is still work and debates,” said Voting Claire Thoury, president of the Governance Committee for the Convention Committee , which has until the end of March to make a report detailed. “We can be collectively proud of what has just happened. Bravo to you all to restore hope in this sometimes a little worrying democratic context,” she continued before the Assembly of Citizens, promising that minority positions would be taken into account.