A group of French senators have asked the constitutional council to review a law passed last week outlawing the denial of a genocide recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
Socialist presidential candidate hopeful François Hollande is on a roll, while incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is musing about life after politics. Also on the show, the French parliament ignites a diplomatic storm with Turkey over the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman empire.
Has Nicolas Sarkozy decided he's already the lost the election? All the papers have seized on an apparently off-the-cuff remark, where he said he would retire from politics if he loses the election.
"A lose-lose situation" is how France’s former ambassador to Turkey sees the effect on Franco-Turkish relations of a bill to penalise genocide denial. François Picard’s panel looks at the timing and the trouble with politicians making laws about history.
"A lose-lose situation", is how France’s former ambassador to Turkey sees the effect on Franco-Turkish relations of a bill to penalise genocide denial. François Picard’s panel looks at the timing and the trouble with politicians making laws about history.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted French lawmakers on Tuesday for being "racist and discriminatory" after the Senate passed a bill that would outlaw denying that the 1915 massacre of Armenians in Turkey amounted to genocide.
Turkey’s press is united in its condemnation of France, after the Senate approved a bill that would outlaw denying that the 1915 massacre of Armenians in Turkey was genocide. Ankara has promised swift diplomatic retribution against Paris.
Turkey "strongly condemned" on Monday the French Senate's "irresponsible and disrespectful" approval of a bill that criminalises any denial of the Armenian genocide, and vowed to implement retaliatory measures.
France's Senate has passed a bill outlawing the denial of a genocide that has been recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Turkey had threatened to impose sanctions if the bill passed.
It's François Hollande on all France's front pages - as the papers pass judgment on his first big campaign rally yesterday. It was his rallying cry against big finance that's attracted the most attention - and controversy.
