Overview
- Minister for Relations with Parliament Laurent Panifous announced the National Assembly will take up the end‑of‑life texts in February 2026.
- The Senate has not officially set its timetable, though parliamentary sources cite a possible January slot with two weeks reserved for government business.
- The package comprises two separate bills, one on palliative care and another that would create an assisted‑dying framework.
- The texts passed a first reading in the National Assembly in May 2025 and will move through the bicameral back‑and‑forth that can bring amendments.
- Earlier October sessions were postponed following the fall of François Bayrou’s government and the resignation then renomination of Sébastien Lecornu, as officials maintain the goal of settling the issue before the 2027 presidential election.