Hunting: Starting from the principle that hunting is not just a cultural tradition to be defended, but an indispensable value of an economic chain that is part of the historical identity of our people and that produces income for tens of thousands of people.
It was once again loudly expressed yesterday in the courtroom by the Hon. Paolo Grimoldi in his declaration of vote and today reaffirmed with this odg by the Hon. Stefano Borghesi that the position of the Northern League is ready to evaluate and accept the requests made by the EC to remedy the 2014/2006 infringement but does not consider acceptable downward compromises that appear to be spurious and not required or prescribed by any legislation (Habitats and Birds ) but simply forced by those who want to put at risk as well as a passion like ars venandi, tens of thousands of jobs.
It should be remembered that even today many of these industries that give work to thousands of families have their production site in Valtrompia (Bs), the land of origin of the Hon. Stefano Borghesi, in what is called the district of arms factories, where about 50% of the sector's turnover is achieved. Moreover, if we add the induced linked to gastronomy, now recognized as an art as well as painting, poetry and music, it offers with game to lovers of good food a series of delicate gustatory and olfactory sensations, so much so that it is considered among the more delicious dishes from "mother nature" it is easy to find another economic aspect of certain value and to be defended to ensure the continuation of many clubs and restaurants scattered throughout the country.
Hunting practices linked to popular customs are the expression of a considerable social, cultural and economic impact and must be safeguarded to allow future generations to know these aspects, avoiding the dispersion of some rural traditions born with man and lived for centuries. in perfect symbiosis.
I believe that when a popular culture reflects the history of a community of people, we have an obligation to accept its existence and respect ways of life; this would be the most coherent act that the political world and public opinion should also exercise towards the hunting. Having said all this, we would like to clarify that we considered it coherent and morally unacceptable to vote on the text of article 16 of the Legislative Decree as amended in the Senate as it turns out for the umpteenth time to be submissive and full of downward compromises on roccoli, trade in live game and death and limitation of the shots in the magazines that no one in Europe is asking us and has never asked how someone wants to make Rome believe.
The only thing that the EC had asked to remedy the 2014/2006 infringement, and it was in the spirit of our amendment, which was promptly rejected by both the House and the Senate, was essentially to amend only Article 4 of Law No. . 157 of 1992 introducing an explicit reference to article 19-bis of the same law which transposes art. 9 of the directive. Verifiable proof of what we affirm can be read in the written report of the famous meeting of 23 May 2014 and called "Package".
Marco Bassolini
National hunting manager of the Northern League Lombard League
06.08.2014