France: Controversial draft law revives euthanasia debate

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January 2, 2025

French legislators have started debating a draft law which could take the country a step closer to legalising euthanasia.

It’s brought campaigners on both sides of the debate out onto the streets of Paris.

The bill would allow patients with hours or days to live to ask to be put in to a “deep sleep” until they die – a type of anesthetic that is irreversible.

“I would like to see, and this would be my first request, for everybody to agree, and for the government to action a plan for the pal…
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Romanian President Nicușor Dan has declared the Russian consul in Constanta persona non grata and said the Russian consulate in the Black Sea port city would be closed.

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A brutal Russian attack on Ukraine, corruption scandals in Spain, and good and bad news for European travellers.

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Hungary is on a ‘very clear and steadfast’ path to restore rule of law, EU justice commissioner says

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Hungary is on a ‘very clear and steadfast’ path to restore rule of law, EU justice commissioner says

The comments by the EU’s justice commissioner, Michael McGrath, come ahead of talks between Peter Magyar and Ursula von der Leyen aimed at securing the release of €17 billion in EU funds that were frozen due to concerns over corruption and shortcomings in the rule of law.

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Can current Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez survive this crisis?

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The end of Pedro Sánchez?

The indictment of former Spanish Socialist prime minister Zapatero over alleged corruption is a “huge blow” and could be the final straw for Pedro Sánchez’s government, our Spain correspondent Rafael Salido tells #EuropeToday from Madrid.

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