Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi calls sentence `` political '' He is likely to appeal the sentence handed down by a Berlusconi court . He resigned as prime minister in the years over his country 's debt crisis . Silvio Berlusconi has survived a series of legal cases over November .
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calls sentence `` political '' He is likely to appeal the sentence handed down by a Milan court . He resigned as prime minister in November over his country 's debt crisis . Berlusconi has survived a series of legal cases over the years .