Examining of the end-of-life bill will begin in the National Assembly on May 27, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Monday. President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday that the bill would open up, for adults, the "possibility of requesting assistance in dying under certain strict conditions" The bill, which must be transmitted within ten days to the Council of State, will concern people suffering from an "incurable" pathology with a "short or medium term vital prognosis", and suffering "refractory" suffering that cannot be relieved.