The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Berlin bats back Berlusconi barbs German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that reforms carried out by Prime Minister Mario Monti had put Italy on a good path, dismissing Silvio Berlusconi's criticism he had been too "German-centric." https://www.thelocal.de/20121211/46705 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:38:00 +0100 46705 Merkel: No apology to Berlusconi for smirk Angela Merkel's spokesman on Thursday denied Germany's chancellor apologized to Silvio Berlusconi for supposedly sharing a smirk at an EU summit with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Italian leader's expense. https://www.thelocal.de/20111027/38495 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:21:00 +0200 38495 Rumours fly that Berlusconi insulted Merkel's figure on phone Italy's gaffe-prone Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to have insulted German Chancellor Angela Merkel using a vulgar phrase about her figure during a recent phone call. https://www.thelocal.de/20110915/37599 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:05:00 +0200 37599