Hunting: Six Regions, on the proposal of the councilor Cecchini, request an urgent meeting with the Ministers of the Environment and Agricultural Policies on the early closure of the Hunting Season in relation to the collection of the species Thrush Bottaccio, Cesena and Woodcock.
There are six Regions that, after the early closure of the hunting to the species song thrush, cesena and woodcock ordered by the Council of Ministers making use of the substitute power, they asked for an urgent meeting to the ministers of agricultural policies, Maurizio Martina, and of the environment, Gian Luca Galletti. "To sign the letter of request - explains the councilor of the Umbria Region, Fernanda Cecchini, who promoted the initiative - were also the president of the Liguria Region, Claudio Burlando, and the competent regional councilors of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Paolo Panontin , from Veneto, Daniele Stival, from Tuscany, Gianni Salvadori, and from Marche, Paola Giorgi ”. The two Ministers “we asked for a meeting to evaluate the evident institutional fracture that was created with the resolution of the Council of Ministers to modify the hunting calendars approved by our Regions. We recalled - says the commissioner - that the problem of withdrawal times has been the subject of meetings, evaluations and debates for a long time without the Government ever having a clear and evident stance regarding the interpretation of the Directive. community 2009/147 / EC and the consequent verification of consistency with the national hunting law 157/1992 and that for this reason we believe that a discussion on the merits cannot be postponed ".
"We hope - he concludes - that the Government will finally clarify this fundamental point, since we are already working on the calendars for the next hunting season".
(January 23, 2015)
Umbria Region - Press release