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former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s hopes of running in May’s European Parliament elections dashed after two-year ban over tax fraud upheld by highest Italian appeals courtItaly’s highest appeals court on Tuesday confirmed a two-year ban from public office for centre-right leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over a conviction for tax fraud.Berlusconi’s lawyer Niccolo Ghedini said he was “extremely disappointed” by the ruling of the Court of Cassation, which diminishes Berlusconi’s hopes of running as a candidate in elections for the European Parliament in May.
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