Swiss finance minister's fit of giggles on dry issue

Switzerland's finance minister was caught on camera giggling through a parliamentary debate about imports of dry-cured meats.

Video footage shows Hans-Rudolf Merz guffawing at the bureaucratic jargon in a scripted answer to a parliamentary question.

Mr Merz was criticised in recent years for signing away banking secrecy and failing to secure the release of two Swiss citizens held by Libya.

His speech has been viewed by more than 300,000 on YouTube.