French Member of Parliament has submitted a new draft of a bill that will criminalise denial of the Armenian genocide of 1915, after France’s highest court deemed it unconstitutional last year.
The bill, submitted by French Parliament Member Valerie Boyer, looks to introduce a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for denial of the genocide.
Last year the bill was successfully passed by parliament only to be halted by the French Constitutional Council, who deemed it unconstitutional. The bill also provoked an angry reaction from Turkey who threatened “total rapture” with France.
Newly elected French President Francois Hollande however confirmed plans to reintroduce the bill with members of the Armenian community in France last year.
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