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Au cours de la 20ème conférence internationale de la fédération mondiale pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité qui s'est achevée samedi à Chicago, j'ai été élu un des nouveaux directeurs du board (conseil d'administration).
J'y développerai notamment la journée mondiale pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité dont j'ai été l'initiateur, il y a déjà 7 ans.
Dear Friends,
My name is Jean-Luc Romero, and I am President of ADMD-France since 2007. ADMD counts over 56000 members and, thanks to its 130 delegations, is represented in all parts of France and also in overseas French territories.
As an introduction, I wish to point out that the latest opinion poll shows that 89% of French people are in favour of the right to die in dignity. And if we consider the age bracket 65 and above the percentage figure is 98%.
Hence you may think that we should be progressing rapidly and that in France should very soon be voted a law on active euthanasia and assisted suicide. All the more so as François Hollande during his presidential campaign, proposed to legalise assistance in dying and that the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, acting Rapporteur for the National Assembly in 2009, put forward a draft law concerning the right to end one’s life in dignity. All requirements are met for an action in the direction wanted by the French people. No risk politically as such a measure has been claimed for over the last twenty years. No legal risk either as Europe counts excellent forerunners in this area: The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. And let us not forget assisted suicide in neighbouring Switzerland.
Then where is the problem?