Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin, announced that the government was committing to a financial effort of 1.1 billion euros in favor of palliative care. A sum which will bring the budget devoted to this supportive care to 2.7 billion in 2034 as part of the end-of-life strategy.
In return for the opening of the right to "assisted dying" included in the end of life bill which will be presented Wednesday in the Council of Ministers. "This is a decisive effort desired by the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister," affirmed the minister.