FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani for their official meeting at Chigi Premier's Palace, in Rome. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

El mítico primer ministro italiano Silvio Berlusconi se marcha, ha dimitido. Al final no han sido los juicios por corrupción, ni el "bunga-bunga" o los propios italianos en las urnas los que le han apartado del poder. Los mercados, la economía, terminó con el reinado de este estravagante lider italiano. Seguro que muchos recordarán algunas de estas instantáneas protagonizadas por "Il Cavaliere"...

FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, smile during a group photo at the G20 Summit in London. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

FILE - In this Monday Feb. 3, 2003 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, presents a book about his rural lodge Zavidovo to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Zavidovo, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Moscow. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Viktor Korotayev, Pool, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, June 12, 2008 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, jokes with U.S. President George W. Bush,  during a meeting in Rome's Villa Madama. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Andrew medichini, File)

U.S. President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi take part in the 2010 G8 Summit family photo at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario in this June 25, 2010 file photo.  Berlusconi formally resigned on Saturday, ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in recent Italian history amid the jeers of hundreds of protestors gathered in central Rome to celebrate his departure. Picture taken June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool/Files (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS)

FILE - This file photo made available by the Italian Premier's office Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette at him at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy, leaving the 73-year-old media mogul with a bloodied mouth and looking stunned. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/ Livio Anticoli/Italian Premier's Office, ho, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi walks on the carpet attending the presentation of the 'Berlusconi trophy' after a soccer match betweeen AC Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2006, file photo, Silvio Berlusconi is supported at the podium by his personal doctor Umberto Scapagnini, left, and by two unidentified men, as he slumped during an emotional speech to political supporters in Montecatini Terme, Italy. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi, File)

FILE - In this Friday, May 27, 2011 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, sings with Italian pop star Gigi D'Alessio during the final rally before electoral runoffs, in Naples, Italy. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta, File)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he looks on during the "Campus Mentis" (Brain Campus) award ceremony at Palazzo Chigi in Rome in this April 8, 2011 file photo. Berlusconi formally resigned on Saturday, ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in recent Italian history amid the jeers of hundreds of protestors gathered in central Rome to celebrate his departure. Picture taken April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files  (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS)

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 25, 2009 file photo, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi talks with Carabinieri paramilitary police officers as he waits for the arrival of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, at Rome's Villa Madama. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier.  (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

FILE -  In this Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 file photo President George Bush, right, toasts with the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi during an Official Dinner in the State Dining Room in Washington . Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi adjusts his suspenders at a round table meeting during an EU summit in Brussels. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

(FILES) A picture taken on May 5, 2009 shows Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi near a portrait of his wife Veronica Lario during the recording of "Porta a Porta", a programme of Italian channel Rai 1 in Roma.  Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has reached a divorce settlement under which his second wife will receive 300,000 euros a month, less than a tenth of the sum she sought, press reports said on May 11, 2010.  AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves from a balcony of Rome's Campidoglio City Hall overlooking the Roman Forum, where the EU Constitution was signed by the representatives of 25 countries on Oct. 29, 2004. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is seen from the back as he arrives for the second day of the G20 Summit in Cannes in this November 4, 2011 file photo. Berlusconi formally resigned on Saturday, ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in recent Italian history amid the jeers of hundreds of protestors gathered in central Rome to celebrate his departure. Picture taken November 4, 2011.   REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Files     (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS)