French National Assembly members Francois Bayrou and Jean Bardet spoke against adopting the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide in France.

“I agree that there had been the Armenian Genocide, we officially acknowledged it, but this bill will entail punishment of people having different opinion,” Francois Bayrou said.

Jean Bardet, in turn, stated that the issue of Armenian Genocide belongs to domain of history and should not be discussed by the legislative.