Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has compared
his judicial "persecution" to Jewish families in Germany under
Hitler's Nazi rule.
"My children tell me they feel like Jewish families in
Germany during Hitler," he said. "Everyone is against us."
The disgraced media tycoon, who faces another trial for
allegedly bribing a senator, may be banned from the Italian parliament for two
years for tax fraud.
The judgment will have to be ratified by a full meeting of
parliament in the coming weeks.
He also faces prosecution for a range of other
criminal offences, including sex with an underage prostitute, if the ruling is
upheld and he formally loses the immunity he held as a public official.
Berlusconi denied suggestions that he would leave Italy.
"I'm 100% Italian. I have my roots in Italy. In Italy I
became what I am," he said.
"I've been entrepreneur, man of sport, political
leader. This is my country, the country I love, the country where I have
everything: my family, my friends, my companies, my home and where I had
success. I don't even consider leaving Italy."
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