Rfi France.
The Senate’s Laws Commission rejected the bill on grounds that it was inadmissible, with 23 votes for, nine against and eight abstentions.
On Monday, a plenary session will vote on the commission’s decision, however most of the senators likely to oppose the bill are expected to abstain.
The bill is backed by a cross-party majority of lawmakers, but full governmental support remains elusive. Some fear that it could disrupt diplomatic or trade ties with Nato ally, Turkey.
France’s lower house passed the law last month that would punish anyone who denies the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turk forces in 1915. Armenians say that up to 1.5 million people were killed, while Turkey maintains that the number is closer to 500,000.
They say the figures do not amount to genocide but were in the context of World War 1 fighting.
More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20120118-frances-armenia-genocide-bill-faces-setback-0
This is good News. Why waste time on what happened more than 100 years ago when today’s problems are not solved.
Historians should write about this. It is not something for politicians to judge.
Just a personal view…