(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121217-pascale-645a.photoblog600.jpg) / A picture taken on Oct. 27 shows Francesca Pascale at villa Gernetto in Lesmo, near Monza, Italy.By Claudio Lavanga, NBC NewsROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the disgraced former prime minister of Italy who became infamous for hosting "bunga bunga" intercourse parties, has announced a relationship with a politician 49 years his junior as he seeks to return to power despite facing an underage prostitution trial.
The billionaire former leader told television viewers Sunday he is now in a steady relationship with Francesca Pascale, a 27-year-old political councilor in his People of Freedom Party.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) "Finally I feel less lonely," he said, adding: "She is 27 years old, with very solid values, beautiful on the outside and even more beautiful on the inside.”
Disgraced Berlusconi says he'll run for fourth term as Italy's premier (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/08/15777618-disgraced-berlusconi-says-hell-run-for-fourth-term-as-italys-premier?lite)
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Very unserious president.That is where italy's money will go to