The possibility of a referendum on the end of life, mentioned by Emmanuel Macron, leaves constitutionalists skeptical

On Tuesday on TF1, the Head of State referred to the possibility of subjecting the law to the vote of the French in case of legislative blockage, but his legal possibility causes doubts.

Tuesday night on TF1, Emmanuel Macron did not exclude from consulting the French by referendum on the subject of the end of life, in case of parliamentary "enticement"

The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, was open to a referendum on euthanasia if the process of the legislative project is "stuck" in the French Parliament, where the National Assembly began this week to debate it, according to EFE. "I believe that the referendum can be a way of unlocking and allowing French and French women to give their opinion. But I will do so with great caution and as long as the text gets stuck," he said in an interview…

Emmanuel Macron, who wants to hold more generally "multiple referendums at the same time" on "major economic, educational or social reforms", spoke on Tuesday 13 May 2025 about the organisation of a referendum on euthanasia if the text under consideration is "blocked" in Parliament.