 In a press release on 25 November 2008 said "the banalization of Nazi iconography used for a visit to the German capital" noting that "the satirical exploitation of Nazi symbols and their irresponsible diversion testify to the distressing degree that our sensibilities and our civic culture can relapse".After questions from the media, the VRT explained that the advertisement was from a second source and said they would no longer use the illustrations at the center of the controversy.The German Embassy in Brussels released a statement "deploring the inflammatory use of Nazi symbols".