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[halil]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Cyprus should not take over the rotating presidency of the European Union next month because it has sought emergency funding, the head of a business group linked to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said on Tuesday.

Cyprus, which is due to take over the six-month presidency from Denmark on July 1, has a banking sector heavily exposed to debt-crippled Greece and said on Monday it was formally applying for help from the EU's rescue funds.

"This is the paradox of the European Union, that the dog should be put in charge of the supply of sausages!" said Kurt Lauk, president of the economic advisory board linked to Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats.

Lauk called for all countries which have received bailouts - which also include Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece - to be barred from holding the EU presidency, which helps to set the agenda of the 27-nation bloc.

"It is unacceptable that a country which has had to seek a bailout can take over the presidency of the EU Council," he said, adding that he doubted whether Cyprus, the euro zone's third smallest economy, had the authority to give direction on stabilising Europe.

"How can Cyprus engage in crisis management when it is in the middle of a crisis itself?" Lauk asked.

"We will never be able to heal Europe if the president is lying in intensive care with a highly contagious disease."

Germany's foreign office distanced itself from Lauk's comments.

"During its six-month presidency, Cyprus will have the duty to undertake tasks in the interest of the European Union and its member states, just like other countries which have held the post of president of the EU Council," it said.

(Reporting by Gernot Heller and Andreas Rinke; Writing by Michelle Martin, Editing by Gareth Jones)

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[B25]

Hey Halil, did you have an orgasm when you read his BS. . Nice try!

[Viewpoint]

This man should be given a medal...well done.

[Kikapu]

This man should be given a medal...well done.

He was probably given stolen GC property in the "trnc" already!

[kimon07]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Cyprus should not take over the rotating presidency of the European Union next month because it has sought emergency funding, the head of a business group linked to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said on Tuesday.

This is an inter EU/family issue. I mean, its none of your F*..ing business cause you are not EU. Go deal with your association of Turkic/Mongolic nations and leave us in peace. OK?

[kimon07]

This man should be given a medal...well done.

I heard he got one ....in advance

[halil]

Cyprus Presidency is Like Letting a Dog Guard Sausages .........


''It is unacceptable that a country which has had to seek a bailout can take over the presidency of the EU Council,”

[Kikapu]

Cyprus Presidency is Like Letting a Dog Guard Sausages .........

So this German guy likes to be on the same level as a sausage.!

If that's the case, then he will be chewed up and swallow and come out the other end of the dog what he is today!

[halil]

Interesting comments from the WEB............

"watermelon garden can not be entrusted to DONKEYS ''

Take over the rotating EU presidency, Germany was to apply to the financial crisis has angered the Greek Cypriot sector.

Merkel's right arm came from the Greek words are upset, very heavy.

The German official Kurt Lauk'un " Greeks wants financial support from the EU.

The crisis in the middle, unable crises.

Sausage store can not be entrusted to a dog " words fell like a bomb on the agenda of the EU.

It should be ""watermelon garden can not be entrusted to DONKEYS heheheheehe

[Hermes]

Lauk called for all countries which have received bailouts to be barred from holding the EU presidency, which helps to set the agenda of the 27-nation bloc.

This would be Germany mainly as most of the 'bailout' money goes directly to insolvent German banks...