It's another Euro-tiff!
Fresh Italian jibe deepens dispute with Germany:

A junior Italian minister has called Germans arrogant, beer-drinking slobs, just days after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi evoked a storm of controversy for comparing a German member of European parliament to a Nazi prison guard.

In a letter published in the right-wing daily La Padania on Friday, industry ministry undersecretary Stefano Stefani characterised German tourists as ''hyper-nationalistic blonds'' invading Italian beaches.
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Schroeder's spokesman Bela Anda told the Tagesspiegel daily: ''This is a blanket insult to all Germans who like to holiday in Italy. If these comments meet with the approval of the Italian government and remain without consequence, the Chancellor will cancel his planned holiday in Italy.''
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Stefani also had words for Schulz in his letter.

''Schulz ... probably grew up taking part in noisy burping contests, after drinking gigantic amounts of beer and gorging himself on fried potatoes.''

Europe won't achieve union without a vast transnational bureaucracy. Wait, they've already got one.