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Berlusconi claimed that he had to “dust off my playboy skills” with the Finnish president, Tarja Halonen, to convince her to locate the EFSA in Parma. This caused criticism from both Italy and Finland, with the Italian ambassador in Finland being summoned by the Finnish foreign minister.[40] Berlusconi later ‘retracted’ the comment by saying that “anyone who had seen a picture of Halonen must have been aware that he had been joking