THE TIMES: It was, everyone seemed to agree, an historic moment. A senior British politician had come to the heart of Europe and spoken German.
In fact, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, turned out to speak better German than Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s Foreign Minister, spoke English.
And so, in the faintly sinister 1930s building that houses the German Foreign Ministry — where the lift is still a jump-on, jump-off paternoster — the buzz was that of a new Anglo-German partnership.
“I must tell all of you here,” said Mr Westerwelle, “that Nick speaks excellent German.” >>> Roger Boyes, Berlin | Thursday, June 10, 2010
