French Constitutional Council Under Fire for Blocking Referendums
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French Constitutional Council Under Fire for Blocking Referendums
Marion Maréchal took to social media and posted critically about the way France’s Constitutional Council continues to obstruct the will of the people. Since 1958, the institution has been responsible for providing checks and balances before a new law goes into effect by ensuring it is compatible with the French constitution. However, Identité-Libertés leader Maréchal called out the body on Wednesday, June 17th, with a sarcastic X post which read…
Senator LR Francis Szpiner, opposed to the Aid to Die Act, felt that it was possible to go through the referendum process. The Constitutional Council opposed it for an end to not receiving it, considering that its bill did not fall within the scope of the possibilities for a referendum on a shared initiative.
Requested by right-wing and far-right parliamentarians, the Sages felt that "ethical questions concerning the end of life" could not be the subject of such an election.
On 17 June 2026, the Constitutional Council closed the referendum on the end of life. The proposed law RIP aimed at excluding "active provocation of death" from the notion of care does not satisfy the needs of the...
The Sages rejected the proposal by Senator LR Francis Szpiner for RIP on aid to die, a decision strongly criticized by opponents of the text, who denounce an overly restrictive interpretation of the referendum.
The French will not be able to vote by referendum on the end of life.
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