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 | | In an attempt to defuse the row, the German foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, said the relationship with Italy was "so good and so close [that it] must not be damaged by irresponsible comments". |
 | | On the other side of the Baltic, meanwhile, the Swedish foreign minister, Anna Lindh, was deploring as "most painful" the description of Mr Fischer given to parliament by the leader of the Centre party, Maud Olofsson. |
 | | Responding to criticism for having invited a British Euro-sceptic to a seminar, Ms Olofsson noted that the fervently integrationist Mr Fischer had also addressed a seminar organised by the ruling Social Democrats two days earlier. |
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