LONDON – Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s three-time prime minister and the country’s dominant politician for two decades, has now been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison – a sentence since reduced to one year.&#160; But few people in Italy – or in Europe – believe that Berlusconi will fade from Italian, or European, politics anytime soon.
伦敦—二十年来意大利最主要政客、三度出任总理的贝卢斯科尼如今被判四年监禁，此后又被减刑为一年。但在意大利（或者说在欧洲）几乎没人相信贝卢斯科尼会马上从意大利或欧洲政坛上消失。就在几天前，他宣布无意退出政坛，尽管他也不会追求第四次总理生涯。