TURKEY IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF FRENCH ELECTIONS
18.06.12
Results of the French Parliamentarian elections trouble Turkey. As
Turkish media informs Valerie Boyer “a deputy who caused crisis in
French-Turkish relations” is reelected. Boyer got 50.65 % of votes and
overcame socialist Christopher Mass. The latter got 49.35 % of votes.
V. Boyer is the author of the bill to criminalize Armenian Genocide
denial. The bill was accepted by both palaces of French Parliament
but was failed by the Constitutional Council of the country.
Boyer announced that she would continue her struggle to criminalize
the denial of Armenian Genocide.
Turkey has another reason to be troubled. Vice-chairman of the
Turkish-French friendship group in the French Parliament Jean-Phillip
Maurer is defeated by the socialist candidate. Maurer has no place
in the Parliament.
Maurer was one of the few deputies who was against the bill of
criminalization of Armenian Genocide and had real investment in the
bill’s failure by the Constitutional Council.
From: Baghdasarian
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