With a smiling face and measured words, he came to listen to those who collect the last breath of the sick.
Visiting Jeanne-Garnier, the emblematic palliative care home in the heart of Paris, the Minister of Solidarity, Jean-Christophe Combe, assumes a balancing act in the perilous debate on the end of life.
A minefield for those who are responsible for the elderly, disabled, fragile.
Especially since the text on old age and dependency, announced during Emmanuel Macron's first term, is not on the agenda.
"Happy"
that this debate can emerge, Jean-Christophe Combe is also aware of the risk of slippage.
This former director general of the French Red Cross, who worked for the UDF then the MoDem, arrived at avenue de Ségur armed with solid convictions about the
"care society"
and the need to strengthen social ties.
How can a law on euthanasia be reconciled with the duty of solidarity towards the most vulnerable?
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The end of life
is a subject…
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