It is a bill that will shake the hemicycle.

The National Assembly will examine a text on Thursday to adopt euthanasia.

The subject divides parliamentarians and the right has decided to play parliamentary obstruction by tabling some 2,300 amendments, but this does not discourage its author, the PRG deputy Olivier Falorni, invited Wednesday from Europe 1. 

"It is a great law of freedom", proclaims Olivier Falorni.

The member of the Radical Left Party (PRG) carries the law on euthanasia submitted to the National Assembly on Thursday.

The subject divides all parliamentary groups and even arouses the embarrassment of the government.

And to avoid a vote during the day, no less than 3,000 amendments were tabled, including 2,200 by five Republican deputies.

Olivier Falorni was invited to Europe 1 on Wednesday to give his impressions on the eve of this debate.

Between "2,000 and 4,000 clandestine euthanasies each year in France"

For ten years, the member of the PRG has been fighting on the subject.

And he repeats it, there is no question of "killing children or the depressed" as put forward "a lot of fake news is circulating on the subject".

"This is to allow any adult, suffering from an incurable disease in advanced or terminal phase, and generating uneasy suffering under very strict conditions, to be able to leave as they wish quickly and without pain", explains Olivier. Falorni at the microphone of Europe 1.

This law is also, for him, the symbol of a death in equality.

"Is it acceptable, again in France, to see that if we have connections and financial means to benefit from euthanasia abroad, we can go into exile in Switzerland or in Belgium? It is the double penalty . Belgium legalized euthanasia 20 years ago: we have perspective on everything that can happen, "he loses his temper.

According to Olivier Falorni, there would also be between "2,000 and 4,000 clandestine euthanasia each year in France".

"In a democracy, we do not give death"

But on the other side of the hemicycle, opponents of the text answer him clearly: "in a democracy, we do not kill".

Among them is Jean Léonetti, the author of the last two laws on the end of life.

One of the points of tension lies in article 3. It provides that a patient who can no longer express himself could be euthanized, if he has clearly requested it in writing or to a trusted relative.

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Another problem: the very short deadlines for asking to die.

"For a patient, it would be necessary to make a request for euthanasia in four days where it is necessary to meet doctors, to make proposals and to come back to the patient so that he confirms his request", explains Dr. Claire Fourcade, president of the Company. French palliative care.

She adds that this period is different from other countries where assisted death is legal.

Canada grants, for example, 90 days.

But these blockages do not discourage Olivier Falorni.

He assures us that in a recent opinion poll, "96% of French people are in favor of a right to euthanasia".

Then he will find the majority in the Assembly.

He has "the feeling".