Editing Ferrara (section)

==Government==
{{See also|List of mayors of Ferrara}}
The legislative body of the [[Italian communes]] is the [[City Council of Milan|City Council]] (''Consiglio Comunale''), which, in towns having between 100,000 and 250,000 population, is composed by 32 councillors elected every five years with a proportional system, contextually to the mayoral elections. The executive body is the City Committee (''Giunta Comunale''), composed by 12 [[Assessor (Italy)|assessors]], that is nominated and presided over by a directly elected mayor. The current mayor of Ferrara is [[Alan Fabbri]] of the {{Lang|it|[[Lega Nord]]|italic=no}}. The urban organisation is governed by the [[Italian Constitution]] (art. 114), the Municipal Statute<ref>{{cite web|title=The Municipal Statute of Ferrara (in Italian)|url=http://www.comune.fe.it/335/statuto|publisher=Municipality of Ferrara|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> and several laws, notably the Legislative Decree 267/2000 or Unified Text on Local Administration (''Testo Unico degli Enti Locali'').<ref>{{cite web|title=Local self-government authority system under the Italian legislation|url=http://www1.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/en/themes/state-local_authority_relations/Local_self-government_authority_system.html|publisher=Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs|access-date=18 October 2012|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218095839/http://www1.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/en/themes/state-local_authority_relations/Local_self-government_authority_system.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The current division of the seats in the city council, after the 2019 local election, is the following:

* {{Lang|it|[[Lega Nord]]|italic=no}} – 14
* [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] – 8
* Ferrara Change (centre-right) – 3
* {{Lang|it|[[Forza Italia (2013)|Forza Italia]]|italic=no}} – 2
* [[Brothers of Italy|Fratelli d'Italia]] – 1
* Gente a Modo (centre-left) – 1