He's back: Italy's Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

He’s back: Italy’s Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban

By GIADA ZAMPANO
September 27, 2022

ROME (AP) — Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy’s parliament, winning a seat in the Senate nearly a decade after being banned from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction.

Berlusconi, who has made personal comebacks a hallmark of Italian politics for three decades, was re-elected to Italy’s upper house with more than 50% of the votes Sunday in the northern city of Monza, where he also owns a soccer team that was recently promoted to Italy’s top division.

While overall his party lost ground compared with the 2018 general elections, it fared better than expected and Berlusconi’s victory was particularly heartfelt.

“Regaining a seat in the Senate was a sort of personal revenge for Berlusconi, after all the judicial problems he went through,” said Massimiliano Panarari, political analyst at Rome’s Mercatorum University.

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[JustAnotherGen]

1. He sucks

It's too bad the referendum to block convicts from serving in the government failed a few months ago.

That would have prevented him from being seated. Total douche canoe.

[Golden Raisin]

2. Ugh! Bunga-bunga.

[2naSalit]

3. Why is he still...

Breathing? That perverted fucker is probably who was sponsoring bannon and gingrich over there while they've been promoting fascism in the EU.