Finally, a step in the right direction from Merkel. If the massacre of 1.5 million people (at that time 60% of the Armenian population) doesn't qualify as a genocide, the we need to redefine the meaning of that term. They should also recognize the other genocides perpetrated by the Turks, such as the Assyrian genocide and the Greek genocide. And also the Kurdish genocide, which is currently ongoing with the silent American backing.
I can partly agree with you that is important to talk about such sensitive and sad events from the past but parliament is not the right place to decide if something was genocide or not.
Only international court in Hague can make such verdict.
I'm surprise that parliament of one country proclaim something like this without verdict from the court.
It's obvious political game because of crisis with immigrants from Turkey.
If they was serious to find out truth, they could do two things.
Start legal process in International court and initiate international history committee with goal to find real historical facts about this tragedy and divide truth from myths.