Both sides overreacting

On the one hand Turkey is not ripe for EU membership, writes the left-liberal Süddeutsche Zeitung, but on the other hand it is calling on France to repeal the genocide law: "Many Turks are ready to join the European Union. But Tayyip Erdoğan's government is not. Its excessive threats against France for making the denial of genocide a punishable offence give an idea of the damage it could do in the EU. It would hold the Union hostage to its nationalism. A country that suppresses its own history is a ticking bomb. But to criticise Turkey is not to praise France for its genocide law. ... France legally recognised the genocide of the Armenians back in 2001. That was good and it was enough. It is excessive for it to now threaten anyone who doubts the genocide with prison. ... France should repeal its law - and Turkey should finally assume responsibility and accept the blame for its wrongs."

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