A letter addressed directly to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, was signed by the members of the parliamentary intergroup Biodiversity, Hunting & Countryside about the EC approach on conservation of the dove in Europe. The Vice President announces it Marco Dreosto, co-signer of the letter "with this letter we wanted to express our disappointment at the preventive and uncompromising position of the Commission, aimed at introducing a moratorium on hunting the species, even if this was rejected by the 10 countries that allow the collection of the turtle dove "explains the Northeast MEP, worried by the fact that the EC continues to push on the approach of zero withdrawal, which would not respect the subsidiarity principle that applies in hunting decisions under the Birds Directive.
“In this context, we urge the European Commission to change its current position and to understand that the maintenance of a highly limited and monitored collection of the species is compatible with the recovery of the population ". The representatives of the Intergroup and FACE itself are also concerned by the fact that any further limitations, may lead to a significant reduction in the positive conservation efforts put in place by hunters, who fund many of the conservation projects in the member countries, following the achievement of the most of the objectives listed in the action plan international for Tortora (Source: Marco Dreosto).