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"en.20120704.3.3-082-000"2
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"Cyprus assumed the Presidency of the European Union on 1 July. The circumstances of the start to this Presidency are more than intriguing. A Member State facing bankruptcy, the largest tax haven, which steals from other Member States by inviting to its shores businesses who pay virtually no tax after arriving in this island state. I simply cannot understand how it is possible that 47 countries have concluded agreements prohibiting double taxation with Cyprus. I would be interested to know how many European firms have moved to Cyprus in order to avoid paying anything to state treasuries. This paragon of iniquity is now trying to get money from the other Member States in order to plug the holes in the ‘Turkish style’ Cypriot banks. I would not give them one euro until Cyprus stops acting like an immoral tax haven. Few people know, perhaps, that tax havens do not exist only in the Antilles. It is high time that Member State citizens understood that Cyprus, the country holding the Presidency, carries on in such a shameful manner."@en1
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