What is Senate of the Republic (Italy)?
{{Infobox legislature |background_color=#B80000 |name=Senate of the Republic |native_name=Senato della Repubblica |transcription_name= |legislature= [[Legislature XVIII of Italy|18th legislature]] |coa_pic= |coa-pic= |house_type=Upper house |body=Parliament of Italy |session_room= |leader1_type=President of the Senate |leader1=[[Ignazio La Russa]] |party1=[[Brothers of Italy|FdI]] |election1= |members=200 elected senators<br>+ 6 [[List of Senators for life in Italy|senators for life]] |structure1=Risultati elezioni politiche italiane 2022 - Senato della Repubblica - Per liste.svg|structure1_res=275px|political_groups1=* {{Color box|#003366|border=darkgray}} [[Brothers of Italy|FdI]] (65) * {{Color box|#EF3E3E|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]] (40) * {{Color box|#008000|border=darkgray}} [[Lega Nord|Lega]] (30) * {{Color box|#ffeb3b|border=darkgray}} [[Five Star Movement|M5S]] (28) * {{Color box|#007FFF|border=darkgray}} [[Forza Italia (2013)|FI]] (18) * {{Color box|#003399|border=darkgray}} [[Action – Italia Viva|A–IV]] (9) * {{Color box|#C80815|border=darkgray}} [[Greens and Left Alliance|AVS]] (4) * {{Color box|#0F52BA|border=darkgray|}} [[Us Moderates|NM]] (2) * {{Color box|black|border=darkgray|}} [[South Tyrolean People's Party|SVP]] (2) * {{Color box|orange|border=darkgray|}} [[South calls North|ScN]] (1) * {{Color box|#333b8e|border=darkgray|}} [[Associative Movement of Italians Abroad|MAIE]] (1) |last_election1=[[2022 Italian general election|25 September 2022]] |next_election1=[[Next Italian general election|No later than 2027]] |meeting_place=[[Palazzo Madama]], [[Rome]] |website={{url|http://www.senato.it/home}} |footnotes={{noteslist}} }} The '''Senate of the Republic''' ({{lang-it|Senato della Repubblica}}) or '''Senate''' ({{lang|it|Senato}}) is a house of the bicameral [[Parliament of Italy|Italian Parliament]] (the other being the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions,