Is Italian under secretary responsible for tourism, Stefano Stefani appointed or is that maybe an elected office?
If elected, where do I contribute to his re election? This guy is a riot!
Excerpts from the New York Times: (so this may be all just made up)
Gerhard Schröder Cancels Italian Holiday
Mr. Schröder seemed to be bowing to German public opinion, aroused this time by some inexplicably tactless comments by an Italian under secretary responsible for tourism, Stefano Stefani, who characterized the eight million German tourists who visit each year as beer-swilling, chauvinistic boors who, come summer, "invaded the beaches of Italy."
Finally, Mr. Stefani had these choice words about Martin Schulz, the German deputy who had criticized Mr. Berlusconi and was then excoriated by him. "This Schulz," Mr. Stefani wrote, "probably grew up taking part in noisy burping contests, after drinking gigantic amounts of beer and gorging himself on fried potatoes."