Regional Council (Italy)
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Regional Council (Consiglio regionale) is the name of the elected legislative assembly of a Regione of Italy, excluded Sicily and Valley of Aosta, which parliament's name is, respectively, Sicilian Regional Assembly (Assemblea regionale siciliana) and Council of the Valley (Consiglio della Valle).
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[edit] 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 a violent independence movement that led to the institution of the region and the concession of the Statute, based on the model of federal States was born in Sicily.
A similar route followed Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Valley of Aosta.
[edit] The other regions
The other regions was instituted, officially, by the Constitution of 1948, but first elections of regional Councils happened in 1970.
[edit] Powers
Counsels, initially, had the power to elect the president and ministers of the regions.
With the constitutional reforms of 1999 and 2001, they missed these powers (because the president is elected by the people and the ministers are appointed by the president). On the other hand the regional counsels obtained a lot of new legislative powers, including the regional electoral system, that before was decided by the State.
[edit] See also
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