Thursday, May 26, 2005

JTW News - Chirac Appeases Armenians on Turkish EU Bid

"Chirac Appeases Armenians on Turkish EU Bid
Sunday's referendum in France, which will decide that country's position on the EU Constitution, has forced French politicians to use every tool at their disposal to get the Yes vote from the people.

French President Jacques Chirac yesterday used the word 'genocide' for the first time when characterizing deportations of Armenians in the early 1900s to appease the powerful Armenian lobby in France, and coax their support for the EU Constitution in Sunday's referendum."

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