The initiative of some Regions such as Veneto, Lombardy and in different terms Emilia Romagna on the issue of "autonomy" is heating up the political debate. A real pressing started by authoritative exponents of the Lega sui Cinque Stelle, to conclude a long process on a provision that is part of the government contract. Basically it is the approval of three documents in implementation of thearticle 116 of the Constitution. In particular, application criteria are identified for the concurrent subjects indicated by Article 117 of the Constitutional Charter, expanding in many cases, functions already partially exercised by the Regions, such as school, health, environment, territory, waste, civil protection, relations with Europe, infrastructures, state property etc.
In practice, there are also aspects linked to a profound revision of the financing systems which represents the other fundamental junction of the proposals in the field. However, beyond the issues purely related to the balance that will be articulated for the management of future proxies, there is no doubt that the political reach of this initiative goes far beyond. In fact, two very distinct visions of the powers of the State and of the relationship between it and the Regions are clashing. In truth, a rather ancient theme is proposed again, and which has been part of the debate in past times, inherent in the contrast between a substantially centralist vision that aims to concentrate powers on the head of the state, and that of a dimension aimed at enlarging the places of decision and delegation to the territory and local autonomies.
Also in our case, for hunters, as probably for the entire rural sector, centralism often seasoned with a distorted application of Community Directives, can produce serious consequences and profound injustices for the law and the management of the territory. The episode that we had the opportunity to comment on yesterday, on the presentation of an amendment to the Chamber of Deputies signed by a member of parliament of the LeU to confer on Ispra absolute and inviolable powers in terms of hunting calendar, times and huntable species, is perhaps the plastic demonstration of how dangerous shortcuts can be determined in Parliament that bypass the confrontation with administrators and citizens. Surely not all that glitters is gold; even in the Regions there has often been questionable government choices dictated by instrumental political logics.
La botched reform of the relationship between Regions and Provinces in many cases it has ended up representing a further negative aspect for the management of hunting and the authorization and management processes. Perhaps it is also true that in the current battle that today sees some Regions at the head, there are dark sides to be analyzed better to prevent the country from transforming into an entity that travels at two or more speeds. These are just objections as well as others. What is certain is that on perspective issues such as the one mentioned above or on democratic instruments such as referendums and its rules, we cannot prove to be distracted and helpless actors. The Italian hunting world needs to recreate a high thought and to take part with pride in the discussion about the future; a discussion that we cannot delegate only to others!