On 6–7 December, a delegation of Italian parliamentarians will visit Bern. The Delegation to maintain relations with the Italian Parliament (Del-I), headed by its president, Filippo Lombardi (CVP/TI), will meet the Italy-Switzerland bilateral friendship section led by Gianni Farina (Partito Democratico). The two delegations, which will travel to the Ticino in the afternoon of 7 December, will exchange views on current issues.

​The delegations intend to consolidate relations between their two parliaments by strengthening a platform for discussion on topical events of relevance to the two countries. After the parliamentary meetings in Bern, the bilateral friendships section will travel to Ticino, where it will visit the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura cultural centre and the Centre for Police and Customs Cooperation in Chiasso.

The Swiss delegation, led by Council of States member Filippo Lombardi (CVP/TI), is made up of the members of National Council members Marco Chiesa (Vice President, SVP/TI), Giovanni Merlini (FDP/TI), Roberta Pantani (Lega/TI), Lorenzo Quadri (Lega/TI), Kathy Riklin (CVP/ZH) and Silva Semadeni (SP/GR); and of Council of States members Fabio Abate (FDP/TI), Claude Janiak (SP/BL) and Roberto Zanetti (SP/SO).

The Italian delegation traveling to Switzerland includes the deputies Gianni FARINA (President, Partito Democratico), Marta GRANDE (member of M5S), Florian KRONBICHLER (Movimento Democratico Progressista); and the senators Jonny CROSIO (Lega Nord) and Claudio MICHELONI (Partito Democratico).