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French businesses threatened by Turkish boycott (Les entreprises
francaises s'alarment des menaces de boycott de la Turquie)
Le Monde - France; May 12, 2006
The Franco-Turkish economic community has warned that, if the French
parliament adopts a bill on the Armenian genocide, scheduled for
reading on May 18, it may provoke a boycott of French goods in Turkey,
as well as a possible prohibition on French imports to the country and
the exclusion of French countries from Turkish calls for tender.
A list of more than 400 French brands for boycotting is already
circulating on the Internet as a protest against the bill. If it is
adopted, first in line could be the nuclear group Areva, which is a
candidate to build nuclear power stations in Turkey, and other
companies that deal with the government or armed forces. After that,
there could be a spontaneous boycott by the general public of French
consumer goods, such as the products of Danone or L'Oreal.
Original article by Guillaume Perrier
Abstracted from Le Monde
francaises s'alarment des menaces de boycott de la Turquie)
Le Monde - France; May 12, 2006
The Franco-Turkish economic community has warned that, if the French
parliament adopts a bill on the Armenian genocide, scheduled for
reading on May 18, it may provoke a boycott of French goods in Turkey,
as well as a possible prohibition on French imports to the country and
the exclusion of French countries from Turkish calls for tender.
A list of more than 400 French brands for boycotting is already
circulating on the Internet as a protest against the bill. If it is
adopted, first in line could be the nuclear group Areva, which is a
candidate to build nuclear power stations in Turkey, and other
companies that deal with the government or armed forces. After that,
there could be a spontaneous boycott by the general public of French
consumer goods, such as the products of Danone or L'Oreal.
Original article by Guillaume Perrier
Abstracted from Le Monde