A new statutory law, improved legislative quality, and a new relationship with the state. This is what Piero Comandini announced for 2026, presenting the Regional Council's 2025 figures.
"The new statutory law, the adoption and revision of already approved implementing provisions," he explained, "will benefit us both in internal relations and with the state, in our push for an autonomy policy for a strong Region, strengthened by the prerogatives of the Statute. In this regard, we must be ready to oppose, at every level, the instrumental rejections of the government in office."
The process of implementing the new statute began in 2025 with the establishment of a special commission within the Regional Council to develop a legislative proposal on the matters listed in Article 15 of the Statute, which will govern the regional form of government. Indeed, the Assembly President added yesterday, "we are aware that many problems—of governance between the Council and the Executive, of relations with the State, of the organization of the regional machine—are linked to an incomplete regional autonomy."
Reforms aside, the Regional Council produced 36 laws in its first full year of operation. Committee activity numbers are essentially in line with the past: 230 total meetings, nearly 500 hearings. As for contested laws, eight measures were challenged in 2025 (3 in 2024).
The Constitutional Court has ruled five times, while the other six are still pending. In five of these rulings, the Court declared the contested provisions (or parts thereof) unconstitutional three times, with significant impact on the relevant regional laws; specifically, the law on the appointment of commissioners to health care companies and the law on suitable areas. However, the provisions regarding the possibility of using retired medical personnel for a certain period of time were declared legitimate, and the state appeal was rejected.
