French Assembly Debates Armenian Genocide as Turkey Lobbies
December 22, 2011, 7:10 AM EST
By Gregory Viscusi and Emre Peker
(Updates to show that debate has started, adds Erdogan quote in fourth paragraph.)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- France’s parliament began to debate a bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian genocide, as Turkey warns that its booming economy gives it the capacity to hurt companies such as Airbus SAS and Electricite de France SA.
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