Will the French Senate schedule a referendum on the right‑to‑die reform by summer 2026?

Warum: - Premise (Conseil constitutionnel, décision 2026-7 RIP): Under Article 11, only the President of the Republic may submit a law to a referendum; even in the RIP procedure, if conditions are met, the President submits the proposition to a referendum (https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/decision/2026/20267RIP.htm). → Institutional inference: The French Senate does not set referendum dates under Article 11 procedures. - Premise (Conseil constitutionnel, décision 2026-7 RIP): The RIP proposition concerning “la provocation active de la mort” was judged outside Article 11’s scope and not a reform; it did not satisfy conditions for a referendum (https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/decision/2026/20267RIP.htm and press release overview of RIP procedure at https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/actualites/communique/decision-n-2026-7-rip-du-17-juin-2026-communique-de-presse). → Inference: No valid referendum on the right-to-die reform could proceed via RIP, leaving no referendum for the Senate to date even if it could. - Premise (major in-window coverage): France Inter (15 July 2026) and La Croix live (15 July 2026) report the Assembly’s definitive adoption and expected Constitutional Council review, with no mention that the Senate set any referendum date (https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/l-info-de-france-inter/aide-a-mourir-ce-que-contient-le-texte-sur-la-fin-de-vie-qui-va-etre-vote-une-derniere-fois-a-l-assemblee-nationale-9683459; https://www.la-croix.com/politique/direct-fin-vie-vote-definitif-deputes-assemblee-nationale-aide-mourir-aujourdhui-20260715). → Conspicuous-absence inference: Setting a national referendum date on such a high-salience reform would certainly have been widely reported; with the window closed on 2026-08-31 and no such reports, the Senate did not set a referendum date. - Conclusion: On or before 2026-08-31, the French Senate did not officially set a date for a referendum on the right-to-die reform.