Italy's Tourism Minister has resigned following a row over comments he made about German tourists. Stefano Stefani says he is sorry if he caused offence, after describing the tourists as super-nationalistic, arrogant blonde louts, who invaded Italy's beaches. The resignation is the latest development in a continuing argument between the two countries which began when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi likened a German member of the European Parliament to a guard at a Nazi concentration camp. Mr Berlusconi said he had asked the junior minister to step down, and Mr Stefani confirmed this adding that he was being demonised for simply defending the image of Italy.
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