Switzerland and Liechtenstein at it again
You may have read this in the Guardian about the 'accidental' invasion of Liechtenstein by Switzerland. The British press may be downplaying the story but we, on Continental Europe, are taking the matter very seriously. Europe cannot afford another Swiss Liechtenstein war.

As an EU spokesperson said, "The European Union was created to bind France and Germany together and prevent future conflict. The fact that Switzerland and Liechtenstein have repeatedly refused to join is regrettable."

Of course Swiss/Liech relations have been soured for years. Switzerland, or Greater Liechtenstein as the Liechs prefer to call it, have made countless incursions across the border - farmers looking for a lost cow, the odd panzer division looking for a lost mascot. And the Liechtenstein army, or Kurt as he's known to his friends, refuses to even acknowledge there's a border.

But what makes this latest incursion different is the rhetoric. Yesterday Kurt denounced the Swiss for yet again failing to ratify the Army Knife Proliferation Treaty. "How many different blades do you need on an Army knife?" he asked.

Meanwhile, in Switzerland, the Toblerone factories have switched production to the extra large family size Toblerone bars after discovering they made excellent tank traps. As one EU minister said, "a chocolate curtain is being erected across Europe. Nothing will be the same any more."

Now Liechtenstein have retaliated by placing all Swiss cuckoos under clock arrest.

Milk will be spilt...