“I don’t want to die badly”: suffering from Charcot’s disease, Charles Biétry welcomes the announcements on the end of life

L'ex-figure de Canal+ et du journalisme sportif a révélé en avril dernier être atteint de la maladie de Charcot. MAXPPP

The former sports journalist, Charles Biétry, who suffers from Charcot's disease, welcomed a "first step" after the announcement of a bill providing for assistance in dying. 

The day after Emmanuel Macron's announcement of a bill for “assisted dying”, which will be presented to the Council of Ministers in April and debated at the National Assembly on May 27, Charles Biétry reacted and welcomed "a first step" from the government to support people at the end of their lives.

The former sports journalist Charles Biétry and ex-figure of Canal + revealed in April 2023 to be suffering from Charcot's disease. In the columns of the Team, he confided that he had made arrangements for his assisted suicide in Switzerland. 

Strict conditions

"I've managed to live well, I don't want to die badly. Charcot's disease has already deprived me of the use of legs and speech. Soon it will be breathing accompanied by suffering for me and mine. This law, a first step, can offer us freedom and dignity. Thank you", wrote on his account X Charles Biétry. 

J’ai réussi à bien vivre,je n’ai pas envie de mal mourir. La maladie de Charcot m’a déja privé de l’usage des jambes et de la parole.Bientôt ce sera la respiration accompagnée de souffrances pour moi et les miens.Cette loi,un premier pas, peut nous offrir liberté et dignité.Merci

— Charles Bietry (@charlesbietry) March 10, 2024

The text which must be presented next April to the Council of Ministers must open the "possibility of requesting assistance in dying under certain strict conditions", namely being of age, suffering from & #39;an incurable illness and a “vital prognosis committed in the short or medium term” but capable of full and complete discernment.

Line Renaud is delighted too

Interviewed by Libération, Line Renaud was also delighted with the end-of-life bill announced by Emmanuel Macron . Godmother of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity, the 95-year-old actress has been actively campaigning for years in favor of active assistance in dying. ;nbsp;

"What a marvel! I am so happy that the President of the Republic has made this decision (…) When the doctors, the family, the loved ones of a patient know that there is no nothing more to do, that it's a matter of months, and that these last moments are going to be painful, so we have to help him to die", says the actress.