the Senate votes in committee on the potential for a deadly gesture | EUROtoday

A deadly gesture granted to sufferers on the very finish of life : On Wednesday, January 7, the Senate Social Affairs Committee rewrote the invoice making a “right to assistance in dying,” which it renamed “medical assistance in dying” to restrict entry. The deputies, at first studying of the textual content adopted on May 27, 2025, retained the criterion of “involved vital prognosis” with out specifying the affected person’s remaining life expectancy. The Senate commissioners additionally marginally amended the invoice on “equal access to palliative care” adopted on May 27 within the National Assembly.

The two texts thus revised have to be examined in session on the Palais du Luxembourg from January 20 to twenty-eight. “We will complete the legislative work”, dedicated the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, on December 31, 2025, throughout his needs, citing the “question of end of life with dignity” among the many “major projects” of the yr 2026. A parliamentary marathon which nonetheless requires a second studying in every Chamber, then, within the occasion of – possible – failure of a joint joint committee, a 3rd and remaining vote by the National Assembly.

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