The bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial will be put to the vote in French parliament on December 22, head of European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy Hilda Tchoboian told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

French parliament’s commission on constitutional laws adopted on December 7 a bill introduced by Valerie Boyer and her colleagues on transposition of the right on struggle against racism and punishment of Armenian Genocide denial.

The punishment supposes one year imprisonment or fine amounting to 45,000 euro for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially recognized by France on January 29, 2001.

“It is a new bill and I think it will be approved this year. Then it will be submitted for Senate’s confirmation,” said Tchoboian. According to her, Senate will approve the bill by the time of presidential elections scheduled for next May.

“We had an impression that socialist party is inclined to approve it,” she added.

Earlier Hilda Tchoboian another bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial had not been included in the Senate agenda.