As I mentioned a couple of days ago, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero appointed women in nine of the seventeen cabinet positions in his new government. Silvio Berlusconi's reaction?
Spain and Italy were embroiled in a war of words on Wednesday after Silvio Berlusconi criticised his Spanish counterpart for appointing so many women to his cabinet.
In one of the first interviews after being elected Italy's prime minister for the third time, Mr Berlusconi attacked Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government, describing it as "too pink".
Speaking about Mr Zapatero's decision to give nine out of 17 cabinet positions to women, he said: "Now he's asked for it. He'll have problems leading them."
Spain's pride, Italy's ongoing embarrassment.
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