«Ankara will never be accepted to the EU. France will oppose that. The French have not forgotten the monstrous Genocide and will never forgive Turkey annexing part of Armenia,» stated famous French composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Michel Legrand. In his words, such a country as Turkey is not entitled to accession to the joint Europe. «If our Government and President Jacques Chirac try to impose accession of Turkey to the Frenchmen, it will result in a revolution,» he said. In an interview with Izvestia newspaper Legrand stated the father of his mother was an Armenian, who had to flee from his country during the Genocide in 1915 - «he came to France and married my grandmother - a Frenchwoman. Thus, I am a quarter Armenian,» the Yerkir newspaper reported.