Germans accuse skiing hooligans
Bayern police say that a large cow made of synthetic material on display in connection with the skiing world championships in Oberstdorf has been stolen, and "Norwegian cowboys" are suspected.
You know,....I'm having a harder time lately telling the Germans from the French.
One thing the Germans and French do have in common, sir, is avariciousness.
As you might, or might not, know, Norway is not a part of the European "Union," preferring to remain Norwegian, rather than becoming some sort of generic "European" as defined by Paris, Brussels, and Berlin.
As you might, or might not, know, ever since the mid-1970s, all governments of Norway--right, center, left--have carefully and scrupulously put away all the petroleum revenues from the North Sea oil, into a sort of massive "savings account" for when the oil runs out.
(This is one of the reasons, it appears, taxes are so high in Norway--to support their social spending, while conserving and investing the oil revenues.)
Well, Old Europe really really really wants Norway with them--but it's not because Norwegians are great people to have among oneself, but more so because they want that savings-account, because Old Europe is bankrupt.