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Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power

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| membership = 73 participating regions from 8 sovereign states

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| admin_center = Brussels

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| leader_title1 = President of CALRE

| leader_name1 = José Manuel Rodrigues

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| established_date1 = 7 October 1997

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| established_date2 = 2000

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The Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power (RLEG) is a political network and joint initiative of leading regions in Europe with legislative power, their own system of government, parliament and head of government. It primarily consists of representatives of regional governments from European Union (EU) member states. The countries of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are members of the conference, and although located in Europe, they are no longer part of the European Union. It is not a formal EU institution, and only 73 regions of 8 member states participate.

==Background==

The Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power advocates for a system of multilevel governance across the European Union (EU) by advocating for co-responsibility in the integration process. The body suggests that this would ensure the "precise application of the decentralised dimension of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality".{{cite web |title=The Future of Europe {{!}} RLEG |url=https://rleg.eu/future-of-europe |website=rleg.eu |access-date=9 November 2024}}

The network aims to bring together the regions across the European Union and continental Europe who hold legislative powers with devolved systems of government which hold legal competencies that have been created as a result of the political and constitutional mechanism of the member states of the European Union in which the region is part of.{{cite web |title=About RLEG {{!}} RLEG |url=https://rleg.eu/about-rleg |website=rleg.eu |access-date=9 November 2024}} In the case of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, these three countries are no longer part of the European Union, following a United Kingdom wide decision to leave the European Union in 2016.

At a point, the regions part of the conference accounted for 56% of the total population of the European Union.

==History==

=Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies=

On 7 October 1997, the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) was established in Oviedo, Spain, following a period of meetings to enhance European roles for regional legislatures.

Three precedents were the founding principles:{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.asambleaex.es/apps/calre/index.php/what-is-calre |website=asambleaex.es |access-date=15 November 2024}}

  • "The Declaration of the Assembly of European Regions (Basle, 1996) in its article 12.1 proposed mechanisms for contact between the European Parliament and Regional Parliaments, considering that they are institutions representing the direct will of citizens"
  • "The Stuttgart theses, developed in May 1997 during an International Conference organised by the Landtag of Baden-Würtemberg in collaboration with the European Centre for Research on Federalism of Tübingen, on the role of Regional Parliaments of the European Union in European policy"
  • "The Declaration signed by Germany, Austria and Belgium in October 1997, referring to one of the Stuttgart theses on the principle of subsidiarity established by the Maastricht Treaty. This declaration predicated the extension of this principle not only in the relationship between the Union and the Member States but also the Lander and other Regions considering that they have been attributed legislative power assigned by the national Constitution"

The Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies serves as a conference of the seventy-four presidents of the regional legislative assemblies across continental Europe and European Union member states. The current composition of Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies is made up of representation from the parliaments of the Spanish communities, Italian regional councils, the federated states of Germany and Austria, the Portuguese regions of l'Açores and Madeira, the countries of the United Kingdom with devolved national parliaments – Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Ǻland Islands in Finland and Belgium community and regional chambers.

=Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power=

Following the Barcelona Conference held in 2000, six presidents (heads of governments of the membership regions of the conference) were appointed to manage the network which was agreed following the conference held in Barcelona. The six members responsible for managing the network following the Barcelona Conference were Baden-Württemberg, Catalonia, Scotland, Tuscany, Tyrol and Wallonia. Flanders spearheaded discussions around the creation of a political declaration by Bavaria, Catalonia, North-Rhine Westphalia, Salzburg, Scotland, Flanders and Wallonia and defining regions with legislative power as "regions having a legislature as defined in Article 3 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights".{{cite web |title=Regions with legislative powers - Assessment and prospects of the Conferences of Presidents of regions with legislative powers held in Barcelona (2000) and Liege (2001) - CPR (9) 5 Part II |url=https://rm.coe.int/regions-with-legislative-powers-assessment-and-prospects-of-the-confer/168071a52a |website=rm.coe.int |access-date=15 November 2024}}

In November 2002 during a meeting of the conference held in Florence, the REGLEG conference called for greater roles and representation of regions with legislative across the European continent in regards to the European Union. Previously, in 2001, the European Council adopted the Laeken Declaration as part of the Convention on the Future of Europe which acknowledged the enhanced roles regions of Europe with legislative power could have in regards to decision making across the European Union. The European Commission formally recognised the White Paper on Governance which highlighted the role regions of Europe with legislative power and own system of government could. As a result, the European Commission formally recognised the "enhanced inclusion of the sub-national authorities can contribute to the quality of European decision- making" and called on each of the member states of the European Union to suggest how relations and decision making processes between the European Union and regions with legislative power can be improved.{{cite web |title="The Regions with Legislative Power” In the perspective of the next institutional reform of the EU: |url=https://www.fdfa.be/sites/default/files/2022-01/655_Akte%20in%20het%20Engels.pdf |website=fdba.be |access-date=15 November 2024}}

==Leadership==

  • 2003–2004: {{flag|Scotland}} (Jack McConnell){{cite web |title=Scotland on the international stage |url=https://spice-spotlight.scot/2019/09/18/scotland-on-the-international-stage/ |website=SPICe Spotlight {{!}} Solas air SPICe |access-date=9 November 2024 |date=18 September 2019}}
  • 2010–2011: {{flag|Flanders}} (Jean-Luc Vanraes){{cite web |title=14e SESSION PLENIERE |url=https://rm.coe.int/168071ac95 |website=rm.coe.int |access-date=9 November 2024}}
  • 2011–2012: {{flag|Vienna}} (Michael Häupl)

Membership

=Members=

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Member name

! colspan="2" |Symbols

! rowspan="2" |Parliament

! rowspan="2" |Head of government

! rowspan="2" |Status

Arms

! Flag

style="text-align:right" | Scotland

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Scotland|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Scotland}}

| Scottish Parliament

| First Minister of Scotland

| rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Countries of the United Kingdom

style="text-align:right" | Wales

| style="text-align:center" | {{Arms|Wales|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Wales}}

| Senedd

| First Minister of Wales

style="text-align:right" | Northern Ireland

| style="text-align:center" | -

| style="text-align:center" | -

| Northern Ireland Assembly

| First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

style="text-align:right" | Burgenland

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Burgenland|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Burgenland}}

| Landtag Burgenland

| Governor

| rowspan="9" |{{flagicon|Austria}} States of Austria

style="text-align:right" | Carinthia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Carinthia|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Carinthia}}

| Carinthian Landtag

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Lower Austria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Lower Austria|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Lower Austria}}

| Landtag of Lower Austria

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Salzburg

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Salzburg|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Salzburg}}

| Salzburg Landtag

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Styria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Styria|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Styria}}

| Landtag Styria

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Tyrol

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Tyrol|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Tyrol}}

| Tyrolean Landtag

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Upper Austria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Upper Austria|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Upper Austria}}

| Landtag of Upper Austria

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Vienna

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Vienna|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Vienna}}

| Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna

| Mayor and Governor

style="text-align:right" | Vorarlberg

| style="text-align:center" | 20px

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Vorarlberg}}

| Landtag of Vorarlberg

| Governor

style="text-align:right" | Flemish Region

| style="text-align:center" | 20px

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Flemish Region}}

| Flemish Parliament

| Minister-President of Flanders

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Regions of Belgium

style="text-align:right" | Wallonia

| style="text-align:center" | 20px

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Wallonia}}

| Parliament of Wallonia

| Minister-President of Wallonia

style="text-align:right" | Åland

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Åland|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Åland}}

| Parliament of Åland

| Lantråd

| {{flagicon|Finland}} Regions of Finland

style="text-align:right" | Baden-Württemberg

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Baden-Württemberg|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Baden-Württemberg}}

| Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

| Minister President of Baden-Württemberg

| rowspan="16" | {{flagicon|Germany}} States of Germany

style="text-align:right" | Bavaria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Bavaria|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Bavaria}}

| Landtag of Bavaria

| Minister President of Bavaria

style="text-align:right" | Berlin

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Berlin|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Berlin}}

| Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin

| Governing Mayor of Berlin

style="text-align:right" | Brandenburg

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Brandenburg|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Brandenburg}}

| Landtag of Brandenburg

| Minister President of Brandenburg

style="text-align:right" | Bremen

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Bremen|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Bremen}}

| Bürgerschaft of Bremen

| Mayor of Bremen

style="text-align:right" | Hamburg

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Hamburg|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Hamburg}}

| Hamburg Parliament

| Mayor of Hamburg

style="text-align:right" | Hesse

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Hesse|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Hesse}}

| Landtag of Hesse

| Minister President of Hesse

style="text-align:right" | Lower Saxony

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Lower Saxony|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Lower Saxony}}

| Landtag of Lower Saxony

| Minister-President of Lower Saxony

style="text-align:right" | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}}

| Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

| Minister President of Mecklenburg

style="text-align:right" | North Rhine-Westphalia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|North Rhine-Westphalia|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

| Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia

style="text-align:right" | Rhineland-Palatinate

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Rhineland-Palatinate|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Rhineland-Palatinate}}

| Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate

| Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate

style="text-align:right" | Saarland

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Saarland|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Saarland}}

| Landtag of Saarland

| Minister President of Saarland

style="text-align:right" | Saxony

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Saxony|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Saxony}}

| Landtag of Saxony

| Minister President of Saxony

style="text-align:right" | Saxony-Anhalt

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Saxony-Anhalt|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Saxony-Anhalt}}

| Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt

| Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt

style="text-align:right" | Schleswig-Holstein

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Schleswig-Holstein|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Schleswig-Holstein}}

| Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

| Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein

style="text-align:right" | Thuringia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Thuringia|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Thuringia}}

| Landtag of Thuringia

| Minister President of Thuringia

style="text-align:right" | Abruzzo

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Abruzzo|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Abruzzo}}

| Regional Council of Abruzzo

| President of Abruzzo

| rowspan="20" | {{flagicon|Italy}} Regions of Italy

style="text-align:right" | Aosta Valley

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Aosta Valley|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Aosta Valley}}

| Regional Council of Aosta Valley

| President of Aosta Valley

style="text-align:right" | Apulia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Apulia|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Apulia}}

| Regional Council of Apulia

| President of Apulia

style="text-align:right" | Basilicata

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Basilicata|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Basilicata}}

| Regional Council of Basilicata

| President of Basilicata

style="text-align:right" | Calabria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Calabria|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Calabria}}

| Regional Council of Calabria

| President of Calabria

style="text-align:right" | Campania

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Campania|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Campania}}

| Regional Council of Campania

| President of Campania

style="text-align:right" | Emilia-Romagna

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Emilia-Romagna|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Emilia-Romagna}}

| Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna

| President of Emilia-Romagna

style="text-align:right" | Friuli-Venezia Giulia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|Friuli-Venezia Giulia|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon|Friuli-Venezia Giulia}}

| Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

| President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

style="text-align:right" | Lazio

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Lazio |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Lazio}}

| Regional Council of Lazio

| President of Lazio

style="text-align:right" | Liguria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Liguria |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Liguria}}

| Regional Council of Liguria

| President of Liguria

style="text-align:right" | Lombardy

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Lombardy |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Lombardy}}

| Regional Council of Lombardy

| President of Lombardy

style="text-align:right" | Marche

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Marche |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Marche}}

| Legislative Assembly of Marche

| President of Marche

style="text-align:right" | Molise

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Molise |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Molise}}

| Regional Council of Molise

| President of Molise

style="text-align:right" | Piedmont

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Piedmont |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Piedmont}}

| Regional Council of Piedmont

| President of Piedmont

style="text-align:right" | Sardinia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Sardinia |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Sardinia}}

| Regional Council of Sardinia

| President of Sardinia

style="text-align:right" | Sicily

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Sicily |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Sicily}}

| Sicilian Regional Assembly

| President of Sicily

style="text-align:right" | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol}}

| Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

| President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

style="text-align:right" | Tuscany

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Tuscany |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Tuscany}}

| Regional Council of Tuscany

| President of Tuscany

style="text-align:right" | Umbria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Umbria |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Umbria}}

| Legislative Assembly of Umbria

| President of Umbria

style="text-align:right" | Umbria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Veneto |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Veneto}}

| Regional Council of Veneto

| President of Veneto

style="text-align:right" | Azores

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Azores |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Azores}}

| Legislative Assembly of the Azores

| President of the Azores

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Portugal}} Autonomous Regions of Portugal

style="text-align:right" | Madeira

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Madeira |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Madeira}}

| Legislative Assembly of Madeira

| President of the Regional Government of Madeira

style="text-align:right" | Andalusia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Andalusia |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Andalusia}}

| Parliament of Andalusia

| President of the Regional Government of Andalusia

| rowspan="17" | {{flagicon|Spain}} Autonomous communities of Spain

style="text-align:right" | Aragon

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Aragon |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Aragon}}

| Cortes of Aragon

| President of the Government of Aragon

style="text-align:right" | Asturias

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Asturias |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Asturias}}

| General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

| President of the Principality of Asturias

style="text-align:right" | Balearic Islands

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Balearic Islands |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Balearic Islands}}

| Parliament of the Balearic Islands

| President of the Government of the Balearic Islands

style="text-align:right" | Basque Country

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Basque Country |text=none|link=Basque Country (autonomous community)}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Basque Country}}

| Basque Parliament

| Lehendakari

style="text-align:right" | Canary Islands

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Canary Islands |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Canary Islands}}

| Parliament of the Canary Islands

| President of the Canary Islands

style="text-align:right" | Cantabria

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Cantabria |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Cantabria}}

| Parliament of Cantabria

| President of Cantabria

style="text-align:right" | Castile and León

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Castile and León |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Castile and León}}

| Cortes of Castile and León

| President of the Junta of Castile and León

style="text-align:right" | Castilla–La Mancha

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Castilla–La Mancha |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Castilla–La Mancha}}

| Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha

| President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha

style="text-align:right" | Catalonia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Catalonia |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Catalonia}}

| Parliament of Catalonia

| President of the Government of Catalonia

style="text-align:right" | Extremadura

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Extremadura |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Extremadura}}

| Assembly of Extremadura

| President of the Regional Government of Extremadura

style="text-align:right" | Galicia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Galicia |link=Galicia (Spain)|text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Galicia}}

| Parliament of Galicia

| President of the Regional Government of Galicia

style="text-align:right" | La Rioja

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms|La Rioja |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | 20px

| Parliament of La Rioja

| President of La Rioja

style="text-align:right" | Madrid

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Community of Madrid |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Community of Madrid}}

| Assembly of Madrid

| President of the Community of Madrid

style="text-align:right" | Murcia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Murcia |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Murcia}}

| Regional Assembly of Murcia

| President of the Region of Murcia

style="text-align:right" | Navarre

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Navarre |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Navarre}}

| Parliament of Navarre

| President of the Government of Navarre

style="text-align:right" | Valencia

| style="text-align:center" | {{Coat of arms| Valencia |text=none}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Flag icon| Valencia}}

| Corts Valencianes

| President of the Valencian Government

See also

External links

  • [https://rleg.eu/ Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power]
  • [https://www.calrenet.eu/ Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20171013181109/http://www.regleg.eu/ regleg.eu]

References

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