06/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - Further to comments by the French president on the Finnish and British food culture, Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED), Finnish KOK member, sent the following invitation to Jacques Chirac: “There have been colourful versions of your statements on Finnish and British food culture presented in the international media lately. According to press sources, you stated on the 4th of July to President Putin and Chancellor Schroeder with regard the Brits: 'One cannot trust people whose cuisine is so bad. After Finland, it is the country with the worst food'. The incident has raised considerable interest in the United Kingdom and in Finland. Our Finnish-British family (my wife is British) has also paid close attention to your negative image of the cuisines of our native countries. In order to revise your unfortunate impression of Finno-British cuisine my wife and I would like to invite you to join us for dinner at our home in Genval, Belgium, at your convenience”.