Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi claimed in a recent Cabinet meeting that with an increase in the country's GDP (PIL, in Italian) Italy has become the sixth richest nation in the world, effectively overtaking and becoming 'richer than' Great Britain.Mr Berlusconi has this year been the subject of alleged sex scandals involving a 16 year old girl and an 'escort' who was paid for her services in the official PM's residence Palazzo Grazioli. He also lost a battle for legal immunity last month after a ruling by the Constitutional Court.
