This week, the perspective report on completed life was presented.

Els van Wijngaarden's report shows that a group of 10,000 people are suffering from life. Not because they find life completed or 'completed'. And certainly not in all cases because one has reached an old age, but because they no longer feel the meaning of life. After all, people can suffer from life. The CDA believes that we as a society have a duty to think about how we deal with people who feel lonely or unnecessary. Does anyone else stand up for you when you don't like it anymore? The report describes that there is a small group of people who gPs say speak of a death wish, for example due to loss or an existential sense of loneliness. For some of these people there is a death wish that comes and goes. In his own words, the death wish decreases as the appreciation of others, humor or a sense of self-esteem grows. All things that underline that we can't live without anyone else for our happiness. It would be far too risky to allow the option of life termination if a death wish is so in motion in humans. That is also at odds with the idea of Christian democracy, after all, everyone is of value. Not only are you if you're not bothering anyone, but being there is enough because you're human. The way we deal with people who feel dependent, lonely or burdened at some point in their lives is a choice. Dealing with the limitations of aging is not a responsibility or choice of the older alone. That's a matter for all of us. People who suffer from life seek understanding of their situation or a good conversation. Understanding someone gets and you don't have a conversation alone. It is not the wish for death to be so central, but the question behind it. Do we really have care for the elderly in order? Besides paying attention to physical health, is there also attention to meaning? Especially if your personal world gets smaller if, for example, you can no longer just grab the bike or you no longer join colleagues every afternoon. Or no one has to talk to. This raises the fundamental question of whether, as a society, we do not throw people back too much on themselves. We collectively started believing in self-reliance. Stand on their own two feet and not lean on others. That image is a misjudgment of how we like people are. We depend on each other from the cradle to the grave. If you are unhappy, slightly depressed or simply in old age, saving yourself is quite a task. That dependency does not indeed respond to the modern social expectation pattern. And then pressure arises. In an ageing society, we will be more likely to talk about the value of life. About loneliness and care. There's as much medical as possible. But a long life also presents new concerns and challenges. If we want to assist older people with a death wish, it is also up to the government to offer solutions to this. But at the end of the day, it is the main duty of our society itself to protect the vulnerable. Now research shows that we are dealing with vulnerable people on the issue of death wish, who in many cases benefit from attention and care, the only conclusion can be: a law on completed life is of no use. We need to stop talking about completed life and start thinking about the meaning of life. Harry van der MolenCDA Mp