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The politics of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a region of Italy, takes place in a framework of an "anomalous presidential"[1][2] representative democracy or prime-ministerial system with an executive presidency, whereby the President of the Region is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.
Executive branch
The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 10, including a vice president.[3]
List of presidents
| # | Name | Term of office | Party | Legislature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfredo Berzanti | 24 June 1964 | 1 July 1968 | DC | I (1964) |
| 1 July 1968 | 30 July 1973 | II (1968) | |||
| 2 | Antonio Comelli | 30 July 1973 | 21 September 1978 | DC | III (1973) |
| 21 September 1978 | 29 July 1983 | IV (1978) | |||
| 29 July 1983 | 23 October 1984 | V (1983) | |||
| 3 | Adriano Biasutti | 23 October 1984 | 8 July 1988 | DC | |
| 8 July 1988 | 14 January 1992 | VI (1988) | |||
| 4 | Vinicio Turello | 14 January 1992 | 3 August 1993 | DC | |
| 5 | Pietro Fontanini | 3 August 1993 | 12 January 1994 | LN | VII (1993) |
| 6 | Renzo Travanut | 12 January 1994 | 18 July 1994 | PDS | |
| 7 | Alessandra Guerra | 18 July 1994 | 7 November 1995 | LN | |
| 8 | Sergio Cecotti | 7 November 1995 | 5 December 1996 | LN | |
| 9 | Giancarlo Cruder | 5 December 1996 | 31 July 1998 | PPI | |
| 10 | Roberto Antonione | 31 July 1998 | 15 June 2001 | FI | VIII (1998) |
| 11 | Renzo Tondo | 15 June 2001 | 14 June 2003 | FI | |
- Directly-elected presidents (since 2003)
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Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Consiglio Regionale del Friuli-Venezia Giulia) is composed of 60 members and is elected with proportional representation plus a majority premium for the winning coalition. The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 2003), also the council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.
Current composition
The Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is currently composed of the following political groups:[4]
| Party | Seats | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 11 / 48 |
In opposition | |
| League FVG | 9 / 48 |
In government | |
| Brothers of Italy | 8 / 48 |
In government | |
| Fedriga for President | 8 / 48 |
In government | |
| Pact for Autonomy – Civica FVG | 5 / 48 |
In opposition | |
| Forza Italia | 3 / 48 |
In government | |
| Mixed Group | 3 / 48 |
In opposition | |
1 / 48 |
External support | ||
Local government
Former Provinces
The provinces were disbanded in 2017–2018.
| Province | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Udine | 533,282 |
| Pordenone | 312,794 |
| Trieste | 234,874 |
| Gorizia | 140,268 |
Municipalities
- Provincial capitals
| Municipality | Inhabitants | Mayor | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trieste | 204,420 | Roberto Dipiazza | Forza Italia | 2021 | |
| Udine | 99,169 | Alberto Felice De Toni | Democratic Party | 2023 | |
| Pordenone | 51,229 | Alessandro Basso | Brothers of Italy | 2025 | |
| Gorizia | 34,844 | Rodolfo Ziberna | Forza Italia | 2022 | |
- Other municipalities
Cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants.
| Municipality | Inhabitants | Mayor | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monfalcone | 28,258 | Luca Fasan | Lega Friuli-VG | 2025 | |
| Sacile | 19,837 | Carlo Spagnol | Forza Italia | 2023 | |
| Cordenons | 18,301 | Andrea Delle Vedove | Lega Friuli-VG | 2021 | |
| Codroipo | 16,148 | Guido Nardini | Democratic Party | 2022 | |
| Azzano Decimo | 15,775 | Massimo Piccini | Brothers of Italy | 2022 | |
| Porcia | 15,293 | Marco Sartini | Lega Friuli-VG | 2024 | |
| San Vito al Tagliamento | 15,078 | Alberto Bernava | Democratic Party | 2021 | |
Parties and elections
Latest regional election
In the latest regional election, which took place on 2–3 April 2023, incumbent president Massimiliano Fedriga of Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia was re-elected by a landslide.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massimiliano Fedriga | 314,824 | 64.24 | 1 | Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 75,117 | 19.02 | 9 | ||
| Brothers of Italy | 71,503 | 18.10 | 8 | ||||||
| Fedriga for President | 70,192 | 17.77 | 8 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 26,329 | 6.67 | 3 | ||||||
| Responsible Autonomy | 7,762 | 1.97 | – | ||||||
| Total | 250,903 | 63.53 | 28 | ||||||
| Massimo Moretuzzo | 139,018 | 28.37 | 1 | Democratic Party | 65,143 | 16.49 | 10 | ||
| Pact for Autonomy | 24,838 | 6.29 | 4 | ||||||
| Five Star Movement | 9,486 | 2.40 | 1 | ||||||
| Greens and Left Alliance | 8,029 | 2.03 | 1 | ||||||
| Open – Left FVG | 5,957 | 1.51 | 1 | ||||||
| Slovene Union | 4,016 | 1.02 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 117,469 | 29.74 | 18 | ||||||
| Giorgia Tripoli | 22,840 | 4.66 | – | Together Free | 15,712 | 3.98 | – | ||
| Alessandro Maran | 13,374 | 2.73 | – | Action – Italia Viva – More Europe | 10,869 | 2.75 | – | ||
| Blank and invalid votes | 12,019 | 2.39 | |||||||
| Total candidates | 490,056 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 394,957 | 100.00 | 46 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,109,395 | 45.26 | |||||||
| Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region | |||||||||
References
- Palermo, Francesco (31 October 2019). "The Erosion of Italian Regionalism". Verfassungsblog. doi:10.17176/20191031-163150-0. ISSN 2366-7044.
The attention given to the regional elections in Umbria didn't change when the direct election of regional presidents was introduced in 1995 (and constitutionalized in 1999), making Italy the only European country with a presidential system at regional level. For the past two decades, the only electoral thrill in the region was the amount of votes and the broader or smaller margin in favour of the presidential candidate from the leftist coalition.
- Vampa, Davide (2021). "Translating votes into seats and offices: Changing representation and government in the Italian Regions (2018-2020)". Contemporary Italian Politics. 13 (4): 485–505. doi:10.1080/23248823.2021.1969490.
The rationale of the index is the same as that of the general ENP, with a score of 1 meaning that the opposition is formed by just one party, 2 meaning that there are two opposition parties of exactly the same size, and so on. In this article the same index is also applied to the ruling coalition to determine whether it is more or less fragmented than its opposition. In an anomalous presidential system like the one existing in Italian regions, government formation is still linked to parliamentary dynamics (i.e.the composition of regional councils). Therefore, rather than focusing on vote shares, this time we only consider how seats are distributed within the government and opposition camps (ENPSM; ENPSO).
- Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia - la giunta regionale
- "Consiglio Regionale del Friuli Venezia Giulia - Gruppi consiliari". www.consiglio.regione.fvg.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2019.