Paris abuses Armenia issue

France's Senate passed a law on Monday evening making it a crime to deny the genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Paris is unnecessarily provoking Ankara, writes the conservative daily Lidové noviny: "The passing of the law by the French Senate shows that France is not a major power. A truly great power would not make its foreign policy dependent on domestic considerations or upcoming elections. Europe needs balanced relations with Turkey, not mood-swings that in turn provoke moody reactions. ... France is among those countries that openly say that Turkey should not become a member of the EU. But Turkey is an influential and strategically important country with which a responsible, secure partnership must be built while recognising all the existing differences. Moralising laws, by contrast, could be very costly."

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