“Becoming demented in Flanders or somewhere in Kazakhstan? I choose the latter”: CD&V chairman Sammy Mahdi on euthanasia and abortion | Exclusively for subscribers

politicsAfter years of resistance, CD&V also wants to allow euthanasia in advanced dementia, under strict conditions. “We should not be constipated about this,” says CD&V chairman Sammy Mahdi, who also acknowledges that his party could have made the turn earlier. But what about the abortion debate? “I don’t think there is support for abortion up to 18 weeks in Flanders.”