No, that was Maggie “I want my money back!” Thatcher beating Helmut Kohl into submission with her handbag.
Anyway, Italy traditionally gets cut some slack because they have fantastic food and drinks, beautiful clothes and shoes, sleek cars, really nice places to spend vacations, and whatnot to offer. And that goes a long way. Every German who isn’t secretly wishing to be Irish, secretly whishes to be Italian. Nobody wishes to be English, not even the Anglophiles.
