The vote in France's lower house of parliament making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 was genocide and penalizing those who deny it with a year in prison and a fine of up to 45,000 euros has brought France's relationship with Turkey to the end of the road. The law is due to be debated in the senate in the coming months.
Turkish attempts to stop this bill going to parliament were charged as "interference in France's internal affairs" by Valerie Boyer, the bills author.
If the bill is adopted, France will lose access to sectors of the Turkish economy such as transport and arms, which could cost French business around $40-50 billion.
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The events of Armenia, 1915-1918, are a historical fact. The Turks cannot deny them, and the French do not benefit by exclaiming upon them.
There are many, many atrocities in human history (I am endeavoring to avoid Godwin's Law here, bear with me). Humankind would benefit substantially by learning from these atrocities but never seems to. The Turks have been resolute in this regard, and the rest of the world, for political reasons, wish to ram this down Turkish throats.
Neither shall work.
History is there to teach us. It is neither a blind nor a cudgel.
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"Turkey threatens to cut off all relations with France/NATO "
What's the downside?
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France could reciprocate by calling for an EU trade embargo on Turkey. It would be fun to see, as the Turkish economy crashes and burns, whether the Turks who voted Erdogan into power continue to support him.
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The vote in France's lower house of parliament making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 was genocide and penalizing those who deny it with a year in prison and a fine of up to 45,000 euros has brought France's relationship with Turkey to the end of the road. The law is due to be debated in the senate in the coming months.
