Tag: assisted suicide

  • Jean-Luc Godard died, the last light of the Nouvelle Vague went out

    Jean-Luc Godard died, the last light of the Nouvelle Vague went out

    Paris. EFE the filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, who died this Tuesday at the age of 91, was one of the main figures of the Nouvelle Vague that took French and then world cinema by storm, with a complete and almost artisanal dedication to this art. Forged first in theory and criticism, Godard wrote, directed and supervised…

  • France opens debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia

    France opens debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia

    The French President, Emmanuel Macronlaunched this Tuesday a debate organized with a view to a legislative reform that could authorize Euthanasiawhich is now prohibited, as well as the assisted suicide. (Read here: ‘We still have a hard time thinking that death is part of life’) In a statement, the Elysee indicated that to direct this…

  • Italy: the last words of the first deceased by assisted suicide

    Italy: the last words of the first deceased by assisted suicide

    Italian Federico Carboni, a 44-year-old quadriplegic, died today and became the first patient to undergo medically assisted suicide in the country, thanks to a 2019 Constitutional Court ruling that allowed this practice. (Also read: ‘Assisted suicide ruling puts Colombia with more developed countries’) The Luca Coscioni association, dedicated to defending the legalization of euthanasia, confirmed…