Libertà religiosa e macellazione rituale nella logica di mercato. Riflessioni in margine al rigetto della proposta di modifica dell'abbattimento religioso, adottato dal Parlamento di Bruxelles nel Giugno 2022

In June 2022 the Parliament of the Brussels Region rejected a proposal for anordinance aimed at banning the possibility of killing animals according to re-ligious standards, as previously done by the Region of Wallonia and Flanders,similar to how some European countries have done. It is an opportunity tocarry out a survey on which countries allow and do not allow ritual slaughterin Europe and the underlying reasons. Thus, a minimum common denomi-nator emerges between the countries that protect this confessional instance ofsome religious minorities, determined by market reasons. A new configura-tion of the principle of religious freedom is therefore emerging as the right toaccess adequate food in line with the confessional dictates of ritual slaughter,according to a particular declination aimed at the economic sustainability ofproducers and consumers, also in terms of food safety.