Italian Minister Recants, Says 'I Love Germany'

[LauraK]

BERLIN (Reuters) - An Italian minister under fire for calling Germans loud "hyper-nationalistic blondes" and arrogant beer guzzlers apologized on Friday, telling the country's top-selling Bild newspaper: "I love Germany."

Stefano Stefani, a junior minister responsible for tourism, also said in a statement to be published in the mass circulation newspaper that had made the obscure politician famous in both countries he actually never intended to disparage Germans.

"I'm sorry," Stefani said in a statement to be published in the newspaper on Saturday. "I love Germany. If my words caused a misunderstanding for many Germans I would like to say here that I am very sorry."
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[JohnKleeb]

1. fuck you Stefani

This German American doesnt wanna hear it. Your boss Mr. Stefani admires Benito Mussolini who was a trust associate and ally of Adolf Hitler he even had Mussolini's granddaughter at a ceremony. So Mr. Stefani while I think many people in Schroder's party would had been resisting the Nazis and trying to free the camps your boss Silivio Berlusconi would had been working together.

[Hand]

2. Har--nice try

Always interesting to watch these dickheads trying to stuff the toothpaste back in the tube...

:evilgrin:

[Aidoneus]

3. dance, insincere moron, dance!

When did "I'm sorry, I was misunderstood" come to be seen as a time machine?

[Superfly]

4. Stefani

"I love Germany. They made my BMW."

[ignatius]

5. For Christ sakes, has the entire world gone insane?`

Don't these people realize that their words have ramifications? Have they been to the GW Bush school for open thy mouth, insert foot?

[w4rma]

6. LOL! This guy is nuts! (n/t)

[Kellanved]

7. Stefani just resigned

He was only a deputy minister anyway.