City Council of Rome

The City Council of Rome or Capitoline Assembly (Italian: Assemblea Capitolina) is the top tier legislative body of Rome, Italy. It consists of the directly elected mayor of Rome and of an elected 48-member assembly. It represents a legislative body which can also control the mayor's policy guidelines and be able to enforce their resignation by a motion of no confidence.

Capitoline Assembly

Assemblea Capitolina
History
Founded29 November 1870
Leadership
President
Svetlana Celli, PD
since 4 November 2021
Mayor
Roberto Gualtieri, PD
since 21 October 2021
Structure
Seats48
Political groups

Mayoral majority (29)
  •   PD (18)
  •   Gualtieri List (5)
  •   SCE (2)
  •   Future Rome (2)
  •   DemoS (1)
  •   EV (1)

Opposition (19)

  •   Action (3)
  •   IV (2)
  •   M5S (4)
  •   Raggi List (1)
  •   Us Moderates (1)
  •   Lega (2)
  •   FdI (5)
Elections
Last election
3-4 October 2021
Meeting place
Palazzo Senatorio
Website
www.comune.roma.it/web/it/assemblea-capitolina.page

The city council is elected for a five-year term and is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of seats for each party is determined by a mechanism of majority bonus.

The city council meets at Palazzo Senatorio, seated in Piazza del Campidoglio.

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