End of the state of alarm: the legal-administrative disorganization continues

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused in Spain the declaration of three states of alarm with many legal problems; which have worsened with the completion of the last one, since the Government of the Nation has disregarded the management of the epidemic, holding the Autonomous Communities and Cities responsible for it, in a process misnamed “co-governance”. On the other hand, the Supreme Court has been given quasi-normative and administrative powers. Finally, the Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional the first and third of the states of alarm declared, as well as the closure of the Congress of Deputies. And all this without having appropriate legislation to fight against COVID-19 in the midst of the rise of the sixth wave of the epidemic.

Keywords:

COVID-19, state of alarm, legal and administrative problems, Spanish Constitution, Law, Spain