![Alors que l’Assemblée nationale doit se prononcer sur l’aide active à mourir, des opposants au texte se sont rassemblés à Paris. [Behrouz MEHRI / AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/148433222/e9d252d95d3a718e5f7cc15f5df05f9cdd569c24ed04191f3592c2dcf486a99f)
Overview
- An amendment from the Rassemblement National that would bar physicians from administering the lethal product was adopted on Tuesday, June 23, surprising many deputies and prompting immediate legal and practical concerns about who would carry out the act.
- Parliamentary procedure and press analysis say the exclusion of doctors is likely to be revisited in a second deliberation before the scheduled final vote on June 30, and that review could reverse or alter the amendment.
- About 1,800 amendments were filed this week, and some deputies are asking for more time to debate the proposals, creating a real risk of delay as the government seeks to conclude the file before the presidential campaign period.
- Opponents have stepped up public pressure, with roughly 100 demonstrators at the Esplanade des Invalides and campaigners focusing on persuading about a hundred undecided deputies whose votes could overturn earlier majorities.
- The debate lays bare divisions on the right and in the chamber over scope, safeguards and conscience protections, and opponents call for stronger palliative care investment while supporters argue the bill creates a regulated right to 'aide à mourir.'