http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170301-122113 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/how-a-futile-constitutional-challenge-could-save-berlusconis-career/ How a Futile Constitutional Challenge Could Save Berlusconi’s Career Palermo, Francesco ger 2013-08-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Silvio Berlusconi wants to stay in the Senate after his conviction and threatens to blow up the governing coalition in Italy if he can't. Can he, legally? Francesco Palermo, Senator from Southern Tyrolia and professor of constitutional law in Verona, explains the legal and constitutional background and the political options.