One more proposal for the campaign.
In a column published in
Liberation
, Anne Hidalgo announces that she wants to put in place a law to "
guarantee the right to a dignified end of life in our country
".
The PS mayor of Paris affirms that "
more than fifteen years after the first law on the end of life, many French women and men are still forced to go abroad to find what our Republic refuses to offer them
" .
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The socialist candidate believes that it is necessary today "to
have the courage to go to the end of imperfect legislation
", in order to
"move the lines"
on the framework of the end of life.
According to her, the Claeys-Leonetti law of 2016 does not go far enough.
"
The government still refuses
" to take up the subject, she regrets, "
despite numerous bills in the Assembly and in the Senate
".
A subject for the presidential election
The law that Anne Hidalgo proposes to put in place would be based on two principles: “
respecting the patient's wishes
” and “
supporting him with humanity in his last moments
”.
It “will
guarantee universal access to human palliative care, of quality, throughout the territory, and which fully integrates families
”.
Respect for the patient's wishes would be ensured by means of "
advance directives
" transformed into a "
living will
" made enforceable.
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"
We will propose that any adult, confronted with the advanced phase of an illness from which they cannot be cured, and which causes them suffering which cannot be appeased, can benefit from medical assistance
", affirms the mayor of Paris .
However, in the absence of "
clearly expressed wishes by a patient who is unable to do so
", as was the case with Vincent Lambert, people of confidence could decide on his behalf.
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Anne Hidalgo takes up a subject that could well find its place in the debates of the presidential election.
"
Everyone agrees to wish for a more dignified end of life
," government spokesman Gabriel Attal explained in an interview with
Le Monde
in September
.
He implied that Emmanuel Macron could also take up the subject "
before the end of his term
".
In 2018, some 156 deputies had already signed a platform in the evening daily for a new text to be adopted "
without delay
" on the subject.
In vain to date.
