French Senate drops Armenian ‘genocide` bill
PARIS – The French Senate has voted in favor of a proposal to dismiss a bill proposing that anyone who denies claims that Armenians were subjected to genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire will be punished, Todays Zaman reported.
The bill, the cause of unease in Ankara, returned to the agenda again last month in the run up to the upcoming anniversary of the deaths of Anatolian Armenians during World War I, which is marked on April 24 as "Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day."
The proposal was enacted with 196 votes in favor and 74 votes against.
The French Parliament recognized the so-called Armenian genocide in 2001, which resulted in short-lived tension between France and Turkey. In 2006 the French National Assembly adopted a bill proposing a punishment for anyone who denies the Armenian genocide. However, it needed to be passed by the Senate in order to be enforced. The bill was debated at the Senate's plenary session recently as a result of efforts by a group of Socialists.
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