Finns in a flap about Berlusconi ‘playboy’ remark

FINLAND yesterday summoned the Italian ambassador to protest about comments made by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi about Finnish President Tarja Halonen.

Mr Berlusconi reportedly joked on Tuesday that he had to use “all my playboy skills” to convince her that the European Union food agency should be assigned to Italy, not Finland.

The Finnish Foreign Ministry said it summoned Italian Ambassador Ugo De Mohr yesterday “to express astonishment at statements made by the Italian prime minister.”