Turkey has an action plan for any decision made by the French Senate on the bill on the criminalization of the denial of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Trend reports.
Turkey hopes that the Senate would not pass the bill because it violates the values of freedom and is aimed to contribute to popularity of Sarkozy, the Turkish prime minister says.
Should the bill be passed, Ankara would harshen sanctions against Paris.
The French Senate will hold talks on the bill today. The National Assembly (lower chamber) passed the bill on criminal persecution for denial of the Armenian Genocide. 45 out of 577 MPs were attending the vote with 38 of them voting for and seven against. Denial of the genocide will be punished with a fine of 45,000 euro. The Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), the parliamentary majority, introduced the bill to the National Assembly in early December.
