Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has created another diplomatic incident, this time with the Finnish government, after telling the press he "courted" Finnish president Tarja Halonen to get Helsinki's support for a plan to set up the European Food Authority in Italy.
Asked to explain how Italy managed to get the support of its biggest competitor over the EU Food Authority dispute, he said "I used all my playboy skills and courted the Finnish President", according to El Mundo, at ...
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