Italian PM Regrets Schroeder's Holiday Cancellation

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Italian PM Regrets Schroeder's Holiday Cancellation

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi expressed regret Wednesday that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has canceled his summer holiday in Italy.

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi expressed regret Wednesday that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has canceled his summer holiday in Italy.

"I'm sorry, for his sake," said Berlusconi when asked for a comment during a visit to the southern exclusive Amalfi coast resort of Positano.

The premier said no more on the subject.

Schroeder, who has visited Positano himself several times, was this year planning to spend three weeks in the Marche resort of Pesaro. But Schroeder canceled this plan after Italy's Production Activities Undersecretary Stefano Stefani made the offending remarks in about tourists from Germany.

German government's spokesperson Bela Anda stressed earlier Wednesday that the decision over whether or not to holiday in Italy was not linked to Stefani's resigning his post.

The news that the German leader will not now becoming provoked consternation among the local community.

The leftwing head of Pesaro's provincial government said he wasthinking of suing the government for damages while the mayor of the city, also a leftwinger, said the Berlusconi administration was "incapable" of protecting the country's interests.

Germans account for about 40 percent of the tourists visiting Italy each year.

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