This Dalia ain't no flower

She is dangerous and she wants your money.

In an interview in today's Helsingin Sanomat (subscription) she. Grybauskaite claims that the Finnish proposal (1,1 % of GNP going to the Central EU budget) might not be enough, but "it is a great leap forward". Bizzarely the paper describes Ms Grybauskaite as having "an exceptionally humorous personality". She also reveals that she has been practising karate, which she says she is still using "mentally" when negotiating with other people.