Belgium: 1 - The Netherlands: 0

[Jebus]

Nederlandse regering boos op De Gucht

De Nederlandse regering vindt uitlatin-
gen van minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
Karel De Gucht over premier Jan Peter
Balkenende "onacceptabel". De Guchts
Nederlandse collega Ben Bot, zal
maandag de Belgische ambassadeur
ontbieden voor opheldering.

De Gucht noemde zaterdag in een inter-
view met Het Laatste Nieuws Balkenende
onder meer "een mix van Harry Potter en
brave stijfburgerlijkheid".

De Gucht heeft inmiddels schriftelijk
tegenover Balkenende verklaard dat zijn
woorden niet correct zijn weergegeven.
Niettemin blijft het kabinet in Den
Haag bij de kwalificatie
"onacceptabel".

Dutch Government angry with De Gucht

De Dutch government finds the recent comments from Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht about Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende 'unacceptable'. De Gucht's Dutch colleague Ben Bot will summon the Belgian ambassador on monday for talks.

De Gucht saturday called Balkenende in an intervieuw with Het Laatste Nieuws, among other things, 'a mix between Harry Potter and stiff petty burgeois'.

De Gucht has in the meantime given his written apologies to Balkenende, and stated that his comments have been incorrectly reproduced. Nontheless, Den Haag still stands by the qualification of 'unaccepteable'.

But it's the truth! The truth!

 

[welsh]

Damn, Jebs, but the guy does look like Potter.

 

[SuAside]

actually the quote was supposed to be a 'mix between Harry Potter and stiff petty burgeois without any hint of charisma'.

De Gucht says he has been misquoted, which is very possible since the original quote comes from Het Laatste Nieuws, which is pretty much the stuff you use to wipe your ass with if you ever run out of toilet paper.

still, even if he did say it, no shock there tbh, he just said what EVERYONE was thinking.