Berlusconi 'called Merkel an unfuckable lard-arse'

Italian PM allegedly insulted German chancellor in recorded conversation with newspaper editor

Silvio Berlusconi Angela Merkel

Update 21 May, 2014: Jeremy Paxman asks Silvio Berlusconi if he really did call Angela Merkel an "unfuckable lard-arse":

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