In attesa del ‘nuovo’ Senato, un canale di collegamento più fluido con i Consigli regionali negli affari dell’Unione europea

The essay builds on the agreement signed by the Committee of the Senate on European Union policies and the Conference of Presidents of Regional Legislative Assemblies, which creates new experimental procedures on the participation of the regions in the ascending phase. The agreement needs to be looked at from the perspective of the new role given to regional parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty. The italian adjustment to the Lisbon Treaty first with the law 234 of 2012 and then – on a parliamentary level – with some experimental procedures that however have not fully covered the role of regional parliaments and the connection of these with the Parliament have been clearly explained. The agreement arises from the need of designing and introducing experimental procedures for a greater involvement of regional parliaments at a national parliamentary level. Last but not least is a comment to article 55 of the text of the constitutional reform that is currently under discussion. It foresees a Senate representing the autonomies with a major ‘European’ role in the greater picture of the debate over euro-national parliamentary system.