Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power

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The Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power (REGLEG) 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.

REGLEG 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".^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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".^[4]

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.^[3]

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:^[5]

• "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.^[5]

• 2003–2004:  Scotland (Jack McConnell)^[6]
• 2010–2011:  Flanders (Jean-Luc Vanraes)^[7]
• 2011–2012:  Vienna (Michael Häupl)^[7]

• All 9 states of the federal republic of Austria
• All 5 regions and communities of the federal kingdom of Belgium
• Åland, an autonomous region of Finland
• All 16 states of the federal republic of Germany
• All 20 regions of Italy
• The two autonomous regions of Portugal: the Azores and Madeira
• All 17 autonomous communities of Spain
• The three countries of the United Kingdom with devolved governments and legislatures – Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Member name	Symbols		Parliament	Head of government	Status
	Arms	Flag
Scotland			Scottish Parliament	First Minister of Scotland	Country
Wales			Senedd	First Minister of Wales
Northern Ireland	None	None	Northern Ireland Assembly	First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Burgenland			Landtag Burgenland	Governor	State
Carinthia			Carinthian Landtag	Governor
Lower Austria			Landtag of Lower Austria	Governor
Salzburg			Salzburg Landtag	Governor
Styria			Landtag Styria	Governor
Tyrol			Tyrolean Landtag	Governor
Upper Austria			Landtag of Upper Austria	Governor
Vienna			Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna	Mayor and Governor
Vorarlberg			Landtag of Vorarlberg	Governor
Flemish Region			Flemish Parliament	Minister-President of Flanders	Region
Wallonia			Parliament of Wallonia	Minister-President of Wallonia
Åland			Parliament of Åland	Lantråd	Region
Baden-Württemberg			Landtag of Baden-Württemberg	Minister President of Baden-Württemberg	State
Bavaria			Landtag of Bavaria	Minister President of Bavaria
Berlin			Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin	Governing Mayor of Berlin
Brandenburg			Landtag of Brandenburg	Minister President of Brandenburg
Bremen			Bürgerschaft of Bremen	Mayor of Bremen
Hamburg			Hamburg Parliament	Mayor of Hamburg
Hesse			Landtag of Hesse	Minister President of Hesse
Lower Saxony			Landtag of Lower Saxony	Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern			Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Minister President of Mecklenburg
North Rhine-Westphalia			Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia	Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate			Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate	Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland			Landtag of Saarland	Minister President of Saarland
Saxony			Landtag of Saxony	Minister President of Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt			Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt	Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein			Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein	Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia			Landtag of Thuringia	Minister President of Thuringia
Abruzzo			Regional Council of Abruzzo	President of Abruzzo	Region
Aosta Valley			Regional Council of Aosta Valley	President of Aosta Valley
Apulia			Regional Council of Apulia	President of Apulia
Basilicata			Regional Council of Basilicata	President of Basilicata
Calabria			Regional Council of Calabria	President of Calabria
Campania			Regional Council of Campania	President of Campania
Emilia-Romagna			Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna	President of Emilia-Romagna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia			Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia	President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Lazio			Regional Council of Lazio	President of Lazio
Liguria			Regional Council of Liguria	President of Liguria
Lombardy			Regional Council of Lombardy	President of Lombardy
Marche			Legislative Assembly of Marche	President of Marche
Molise			Regional Council of Molise	President of Molise
Piedmont			Regional Council of Piedmont	President of Piedmont
Sardinia			Regional Council of Sardinia	President of Sardinia
Sicily			Sicilian Regional Assembly	President of Sicily
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol			Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Tuscany			Regional Council of Tuscany	President of Tuscany
Umbria			Legislative Assembly of Umbria	President of Umbria
Umbria			Regional Council of Veneto	President of Veneto
Azores			Legislative Assembly of the Azores	President of the Azores	Autonomous Region
Madeira			Legislative Assembly of Madeira	President of the Regional Government of Madeira
Andalusia			Parliament of Andalusia	President of the Regional Government of Andalusia	Autonomous Community
Aragon			Cortes of Aragon	President of the Government of Aragon
Asturias			General Junta of the Principality of Asturias	President of the Principality of Asturias
Balearic Islands			Parliament of the Balearic Islands	President of the Government of the Balearic Islands
Basque Country			Basque Parliament	Lehendakari
Canary Islands			Parliament of the Canary Islands	President of the Canary Islands
Cantabria			Parliament of Cantabria	President of Cantabria
Castile and León			Cortes of Castile and León	President of the Junta of Castile and León
Castilla–La Mancha			Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha	President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha
Catalonia			Parliament of Catalonia	President of the Government of Catalonia
Extremadura			Assembly of Extremadura	President of the Regional Government of Extremadura
Galicia			Parliament of Galicia	President of the Regional Government of Galicia
La Rioja			Parliament of La Rioja	President of La Rioja
Madrid			Assembly of Madrid	President of the Community of Madrid
Murcia			Regional Assembly of Murcia	President of the Region of Murcia
Navarre			Parliament of Navarre	President of the Government of Navarre
Valencia			Corts Valencianes	President of the Valencian Government

• Committee of the Regions

• regleg.eu