EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION for Justice and Democracy Avenue de la Renaissance 10 B - 1000 BRUXELLES Tel./Fax : +32 (0) 2 732 70 27 E-mail : contact@eafjd.org Web : http://www.eafjd.org PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release June 11th, 2004 Contact: Talline Tachdjian Tel.: +32 (0)2 732 70 27 EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION POLLS EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CANDIDATES Brussels, Belgium - The European Armenian Federation has sent a questionnaire to a representative sample of some 20,000 candidates participating in the upcoming European Parliament elections. The questionnaire was addressed to 1354 candidates from 25 European Union countries, in proportion to the number of seats by country and political party affiliations. The poll is made up of four multiple choice questions, focusing on Turkey's aggressive policy lead toward Armenia and its Armenian community, in the framework of its candidacy to join the European Union. "The first question deals with genocide denial and the incitement of hatred against Armenians through the Turkish scholar programmes," explained Laurent Leylekian, Director of the European Armenian Federation. "The second is concerning the destruction or the conversion of Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey. The third deals with the blockade of Armenia, while the fourth is a more general question regarding the European Union's final borders." He went on to note: "We understand the procedural restrictions and limitations on Members of Parliament. That is why we provided a choice of questionnaire responses which do not deal with overall principles, but call for concrete commitments within the framework of possibilities and which deal with Ankara's candidacy to the European Union." The European Armenian Federation office has already begun receiving answers to the questionnaire. The results will be published, following the tabulation of responses, on the Federation's website -- www.eafjd.org -- and through press releases.
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