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French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he wants a new law for euthanasia by the end of the summer of 2023, a step that is considered a victory for some families who had to go to Belgium or Switzerland to implement it, and the associations supporting this decision alike.

The ink of the "Citizens' Convention" report has barely dried up in favor of openness to euthanasia and assisted suicide in France, but at the initiative of the President of the Republic, 184 citizens were invited at the beginning of last December to express their opinion on the possible development of the "Claise Lisnetti" law on the end of life that France approved in 2016 It is not widely applied and allows medical caregivers to deeply sedate hopeless or dying patients whose suffering is unbearable, while stopping the patient's supply of water, food and medicine until the operation ends with death.

Three months later, on Sunday, April 2, 2023, the Citizens Convention on the End of Life announced the majority position to legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide. It submitted 146 proposals in this regard.

On its basis, the Head of State intends to build what he called the "French model at the end of life," as he announced during a speech he delivered to the citizens participating in this agreement. Macron also wants "a 10-year national plan for pain management and palliative care." However, he closed the door to any help in death for minors.