Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a news conference in Rome November 25, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
ROME (Reuters) - Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi faces one of the heaviest blows of his 20-year political career on Wednesday when the Senate votes on stripping him of his seat in parliament over a conviction for tax fraud.
The vote will be the culmination of months of political wrangling and is almost certain to lead to Berlusconi's expulsion from the upper house, opening an uncertain new phase for one of Italy's most divisive political figures.
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