The London Times has details of new allegations surrounding Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi:

The prostitute at the centre of the sex scandal involving Silvio Berlusconi says that the Italian Prime Minister offered her a seat in the European Parliament. Patrizia D’Addario made the claim in an interview published in the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.

Given what we know about the European Parliament, this would (if accurately reported) have been entirely appropriate appointment.