PARIS: France on Wednesday moved closer to joining the ranks of countries that guarantee the right to assisted dying, a move championed by President Emmanuel Macron.
Macron had promised an assisted dying law when he was re-elected for a second term in 2022, in a change seen as one of the most important social reforms since France allowed same-sex marriage in 2012.
If the country’s highest constitutional authority approves the legislation, France will join the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada in legalizing assisted dying.
“In 2022, I made a commitment to open this path with the French people,” Macron wrote on X.
“With seriousness, humility, and in full respect of our democracy, that commitment has been honored.”
