Soon Chancellor-not-to-be and current Vice-Chancellor and part-time Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (so like how many hyphens was that?) is mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore. Not during election time at least.

He has cast doubt on Fiat’s proposed plan to take over Opel if consolidation includes closing any of Opel’s four production plants. Italians can’t vote here, you see. And they wouldn’t vote for him if they could, so there.

By the way, you mayboe ought to know what some Germans say Fiat stands for: Fauler Italianer aus Turin (lazy Italian from Turin).

„Für Wahlkampfzwecke missbraucht?“