Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi will argue against his ban on holding public office on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, Reuters said. A green light could allow him to run for prime minster at Italy’s election early next year. The four-time PM appealed to the Strasbourg court in 2013 after a criminal conviction for tax fraud triggered his expulsion from the senate and a ban from holding office until 2019. The billionaire media tycoon was widely written off after he quit as PM in 2011, but the 81-year-old has made a comeback and his Forza Italia (Go Italy!) party is now the linchpin of a center-right coalition which leads in the opinion polls.