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    DAVUTOGLU: EUROPEAN VALUES ARE UNDER THREAT

    Turkish Press
    Jan 24 2012

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that French Senate would vote
    a bill on Armenian allegations, and France was voting itself today.

    Speaking in a conference at Erciyes University yesterday, Davutoglu
    said that Europe's arrogance was showing itself at French Senate today.

    "From now on, European values are under threat. If each parliament
    makes decisions containing its own views of history, a new era of
    inquisition would be opened in Europe, the books contrary to such
    historical opinions would be burned and those who express views that
    exclude this view of history would be imprisoned. This is a typical
    understanding of the inquisition. It would be unfortunately a great
    shame for France to revive this," said Davutoglu.

    FRANCE PASSES ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" BILL

    French Senate yesterday voted for a bill making it a crime to deny
    the 1915 killings of Armenians as genocide, although Turkey vowed to
    punish Paris with permanent sanction, in case it is passed into law.

    While French Senators were discussing the bill, thousands of Turks
    were protesting in front of the Senate building.

    Making a speech on behalf of the government, French Minister of
    Relations with Parliament Patrick Ollier said during yesterday's
    session that the bill complied with French and EU laws.

    On the contrary, speaking after Ollier at the Senate before the
    voting, Constitution Commission head Jean Pierre Sueur requested the
    rejection of the bill on the grounds that it violates Article 34 of
    the French constitution. Sueur also reiterated that a research report
    released by Parliament in 2008 indicates that parliaments should not
    write history. He also referred to prominent French historian Pierre
    Nora's statements, indicating that "the parliamentarians cannot write
    history." But as a result of yesterday's seven-hour session, the bill
    was adopted with 127 affirmative votes versus 86 negative votes.

    After French President Nicolas Sarkozy approves the bill, it will be
    released in the official gazette and will then enter into force.

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