Citizens’ Convention in France 2022–2023
The Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life began with 185 participants with one person dropping out for employment reasons.
The Sortition process used to bring together a representative sampling of France, included the following six criteria: gender, age, region (including overseas france), education level, socio-professional category, and urban/rural/peri-urban.
CCFV participants committed to a total of nine weekends, stretched over 27 days at the Palais D’Iéna in Paris.
They received a stipend along with all expenses paid for (travel, accommodation, food and childcare).
The final report included 65 proposals and received a 92 per cent participant approval.
In the end, 76 per cent of participants voted to introduce a French model for assisted suicide and euthanasia within a well-defined framework of strict guidelines.
The costs of the CCFV is estimated at approx. five million Euros.