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FRENCH "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" LAW - PUBLICITY GIMMICK AT THE EXPENSE OF TURKEY
Trend
Jan 26 2012
Azerbaijan
The French action can be explained as part of President Nicolas
Sarkozy's campaign to be reelected president of France later this
spring, U.S. expert on Turkey Michael Gunter believes.
"As soon as the French presidential election is over, things will
return to normal and the Armenian case again put on the back burner.
The pathetically low number of MPs who even voted on this latest
attempt by the French to legislate history reveals that it is really
simply an unpopular publicity gimmick at the expense of Turkey," U.S.
expert, Professor of Tennessee Technological University Mr Gunter
told Trend on Wednesday.
After eight hours of discussion, the Senate (upper chamber of the
French parliament) voted for adoption of the law criminalising denial
of the so called "Armenian genocide". Some 127 senators voted for,
while 86 against.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was preparing
new sanctions against France.
Earlier, the Lower House of the French Parliament adopted a bill
criminalising the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on
Dec.22, 2011
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven
against the adoption of the bill.
The bill demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000
euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
MPs from the French President's Union for Popular Movement (UMP)
party which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill which
aims at criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" to
the legislative committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.
Mr Gunter said adoption of this law accounts for the fact that
"there are many more Armenian voters in France than Turkish plus
Turk-bashing can be popular with the French electorate eager to blame
others for France's financial problems. As in the past there will be
no permanency to this".
He also noted "the recent vote by the Lower House of the French
Parliament to criminalize denial of what it terms "the Armenian
Genocide" is simply the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending
dispute over this issue".
"Thus, this French bill will not end the Turkish EU accession. Neither
will it permanently damage relations between France and Turkey,"
Mr Gunter said.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Jan 26 2012
Azerbaijan
The French action can be explained as part of President Nicolas
Sarkozy's campaign to be reelected president of France later this
spring, U.S. expert on Turkey Michael Gunter believes.
"As soon as the French presidential election is over, things will
return to normal and the Armenian case again put on the back burner.
The pathetically low number of MPs who even voted on this latest
attempt by the French to legislate history reveals that it is really
simply an unpopular publicity gimmick at the expense of Turkey," U.S.
expert, Professor of Tennessee Technological University Mr Gunter
told Trend on Wednesday.
After eight hours of discussion, the Senate (upper chamber of the
French parliament) voted for adoption of the law criminalising denial
of the so called "Armenian genocide". Some 127 senators voted for,
while 86 against.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was preparing
new sanctions against France.
Earlier, the Lower House of the French Parliament adopted a bill
criminalising the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on
Dec.22, 2011
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven
against the adoption of the bill.
The bill demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000
euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
MPs from the French President's Union for Popular Movement (UMP)
party which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill which
aims at criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" to
the legislative committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.
Mr Gunter said adoption of this law accounts for the fact that
"there are many more Armenian voters in France than Turkish plus
Turk-bashing can be popular with the French electorate eager to blame
others for France's financial problems. As in the past there will be
no permanency to this".
He also noted "the recent vote by the Lower House of the French
Parliament to criminalize denial of what it terms "the Armenian
Genocide" is simply the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending
dispute over this issue".
"Thus, this French bill will not end the Turkish EU accession. Neither
will it permanently damage relations between France and Turkey,"
Mr Gunter said.
From: Baghdasarian