Euthanasia in Europe

The daily Romania Libera comments on euthanasia in Europe following the death of Eluana Englaro: "Countries like Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg have already introduced the right to a dignified death. In these countries those who are terminally ill and who in medical opinion are experiencing unbearable suffering with no hope of improvement can ask for euthanasia. … This legislation is criticised in other parts of Europe, particularly in the ultra-Catholic South. In Italy the case of Eluana Englaro precipitated a constitutional crisis … . Both the parents and the doctors had proved that the damage to Eluana's brain was irreversible and that she should be allowed to die. The parents had probably forgotten that they live in Berlusconi's Italy. … In Italy the attitude is completely the opposite to that in Belgium, where the renowned author Hugo Claus who suffered from Alzheimer's last year requested euthanasia. Europe appears to be divided even to the point of death and over the matter of death."

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