Coronavirus is forcing governments to conjure up survival skills — not just for their citizens, but for democracy itself
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"The centrality of Parliament can never fail, especially when government measures limit citizens' personal freedoms and activities essential to the country's economy," Casellati said. "It is therefore essential that the prime minister and the government establish a systematic link, which has never been implemented, with the presidents of the chambers regarding any regulatory initiative relating to the coronavirus emergency.
The absence of the five Republican senators has cut the majority control of President Donald Trump's party to just one vote — 48 to 47 — and left them a solid dozen short of the 60 votes needed to overcome various procedural hurdles that must be cleared before legislation like the giant €1.8 trillion stimulus bill can be adopted by a simple majority.
On Wednesday, during an extraordinary session of the Spanish Congress, deputies will be able to vote remotely on two decrees related to labor and agricultural policy as well as on urgent measures to respond to the pandemic and the economic fallout. On Friday, EU ambassadors reached a deal on a plan that would suspend formal meetings of the Council of the EU for 30 days, allowing ministers to meet instead by videoconference. EU countries will then take formal decisions using a streamlined "written procedure" — a longstanding mechanism by which national capitals vote remotely on policy proposals.
The ambassadors shied away from a more far-reaching change that would have afforded videoconference meetings formal status. The top concerns were practical, and also related to the legal implications of the move. "Because it's about lawmaking, we have to do it right," a senior ambassador said. that plans be made to allow tele-voting. This week, the parliament is due to hold a hearing by videoconference with Finance Minister Roberto Gualtieri, but it's not clear Italian conservatives will ever allow remote voting.despite a declaration
Some MPs are nonetheless staying away, with last Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions session one of the most thinly-attended anyone in Westminster can remember. Scrutiny of government continues via the select committee system and in circumstances where MPs cannot attend, committee chairs are taking questions over text or email to put to witnesses.
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