STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi argued on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights against his ban from holding public office, hoping for a green light that will allow him to run for prime minister at national elections early next year.
One of his lawyers told the Strasbourg court that the four-times prime minister had received the sort of justice meted out to gladiators in Rome's ancient Colosseum, as he appealed against the ban that followed a 2013 tax fraud conviction.
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