Netherlands: Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife Eugenie died together via couple euthanasia earlier this month at the age of 93, according to Dries van Agt of the Rights Forum, a pro-Palestinian organization. A statement was issued. was formed.
The statement read, “In consultation with the immediate family, we announce that our Founder and Honorary Chairman Dries van Agt passed away on Monday, February 5 in his hometown of Nijmegen. He died beside and hand in hand with his beloved wife Eugenie Van Agt-Krekelberg, whom he supported for over seventy years, and whom he always referred to as ‘my girl’. The funeral took place privately. Van Agt and his wife were both 93 years old. This is after translation from Dutch.
Duo euthanasia is a trend followed in the Netherlands, where couples’ wishes to die are usually fulfilled by a dose of medication.
Dries van Agt served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982. He also became the inaugural leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal Party. He also became the European Union’s ambassador to Japan and the United States.
Later in the year 2009, he founded “The Rights Forum”, an organization dedicated to advocating Palestinian rights.
The Netherlands will allow assisted suicide and euthanasia from 2022. Authorities require that individuals give their consent to end their lives with a sign-off from a doctor that they are experiencing unbearable pain with no possibility of improvement.
