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    74 PCT SAY FRANCE WON'T DROP BILL UNDER PRESSURE

    Hurriyet Daily News
    Dec 26 2011
    Turkey

    A Hurriyet Daily News poll asking whether Turkey's recent reaction
    toward France would convince the French Senate to drop the genodice
    bill resulted with the majority voting "no."

    Seventy-four percent of the voters believed the cutting of contacts
    between Turkey and France would not convince the French Senate to
    drop the controversial bill, which criminalizes the denial of Armenian
    claims of genocide regarding the events of 1915.

    Twenty-one percent voted "yes," claiming Turkey's reaction will
    influence the course of events.

    A small group of 5 percent "had no idea" about the possible turnout
    of the diplomatic and economic war between France and Turkey.

    Last week, the National Assembly of France approved a first step
    toward a law that would impose a jail term and a 45,000 euro ($60,000)
    fine on anyone in France who denies the Armenian genocide claims. The
    bill will now go to France's Upper House, the Senate, and could become
    law next year.

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