Rome, 26 November (LaPresse) – ‘This is a situation that must be considered with great care, balancing the interests of all parties, and it is clear that, should any disciplinary issues arise, I would exercise the powers conferred on me by law.’ This was the response of Justice Minister Carlo Nordio during question time to a question about the case of a family living with three minors in a forest in the province of Chieti. ‘It is clear that the forced removal of a minor in circumstances that justify it can never disregard the necessary and difficult balance between the minor's future interests and the current interest in maintaining the status quo,’ he continued. This is an extreme measure to be resorted to after carefully assessing the repercussions that such a measure may have on the child's psychological and physical well-being. And always with the higher interest enshrined in the Constitution on the rights of children and adolescents as a guiding light. Personally, I have also expressed my perplexity stemming from the fact that, after years and years of media bombardment against consumerism, modernisation, industrialisation, and the excessive use of electrical or even nuclear power sources, when a family decides to live peacefully according to Rousseau's criteria in contact with nature, such extreme measures must then be taken.
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