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'Regional Council' (''Consiglio regionale'') is the name of the elected legislative assembly of a Regione of Italy, excluded Sicily, Valley of Aosta and Emilia-Romagna , which parliament's name is, respectively, Sicilian Regional Assembly (''Assemblea regionale siciliana''), Council of the Valley (''Consiglio della Valle'') and Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (''Assemblea legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna'').

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Origins

The other regions

Powers

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Origins

The ''regional idea'' was born, in Italy, during the national Risorgimento and the first decades after the Unity, but any proposal was rejected until the Second World War.
After the collapse of Fascism and the end of the war, was born, in Sicily, a violent independence movement that lead to the institution of the region and the concession of the Statute, based on the model of federal States.
A similar route followed Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Valley of Aosta.

The other regions

The other regions was instituted, officially, by the Constitution of 1948, but first elections of regional Councils happened in 1970.

Powers

Counsils, initially, had the power to elect the president and ministers of the regions.
With the constitutional reforms of 1999 and 2001, they missed this powers (because the president is elect by the people and the ministers are appoint by the president), but, on the other hand, obtain a lot of new legislative powers, included the regional electoral system, that before was decided by the State.

See also

★ Regional Council of Veneto