La politica ecclesiastica tra discrezionalità dell’Esecutivo, principio di bilateralità e laicità/neutralità dello Stato: brevi note a margine della sentenza della Corte costituzionale n. 52 del 10 marzo 2016

With the Judgement No. 52/2016, the Italian Constitutional Court decided that there is no right to start the procedure to reach an agreement (intesa) with the State, as provided by article 8 of the Italian Constitution: according to the Constitutional Court the refusal to open the negotiations between the State and a religious (or atheistic) group involves a political Government responsibility in front of the Parliament, but it cannot be under scrutiny by the State Courts.The article aims at demonstrating that this judicial interpretation is not fully compatible with the ecclesiastical policy project as expressed in the Italian Constitution