Le sfide del coronavirus alla democrazia costituzionale

The Challenges of Coronavirus to Constitutional Democracy Professor Tania Groppi discusses with Marialaura Baldino, a student in Communication Sciences, the challenges of the Coronavirus emergency to the founding principles of the constitutional democracy. The interview is part of a series of lectures named “Virtual Studium. The Research on the Time of COVID”, realised by the section “Cultural Activities Usiena Campus” of the University of Siena on its Instagram platform. According to professor Groppi, democracies cannot refer to the measures taken by nondemocratic governments. They have all the legal tools to manage difficult situations as the actual one. The temporary nature, the proportionality and the respect of the rule of law must always be granted, also in times of emergency. She points out the challenges the new “global society of risk” raises to the national State and she asks for the improvement of the international cooperation, especially to strengthen the legal framework on “Global Health”.