Macron Wants Abortion Added to EU’s Charter of Fundamental RightsPeter Caddle 20 Jan 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the right to abortion to be added to the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.
“The right to abortion” should be added to the EU’s legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.
Macron’s suggestion — which will no doubt raise the ire of Malta, Poland and Hungary — comes shortly after Roberta Metsola, a pro-life MEP, was elected President of the European Parliament.
According to a report by Le Monde, Macron suggests that the right should be added to the charter, along with references to environmental protection, in order to better defend the rule of law.
“Twenty years after the proclamation of our Charter of Fundamental Rights, which notably enshrined the abolition of the death penalty throughout the Union, I hope that we can update this charter, notably to be more explicit on environmental protection or the recognition of the right to abortion,” Macron told the EU Parliament in Strassbourg on Wednesday, according to a translation published by Catholic News Agency.
“Let us open this debate freely with our fellow citizens of great European conscience to give new life to our set of rights that forges this Europe strong in its values, the only future of our common political project,” the French President added.
The suggestion was reportedly met with applause from parliamentarians, according to French broadcaster BFMTV.
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