Last Wednesday, the day before the Ascension break, Rik Daems, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), sent a ‘toolkit’ to the speakers of the parliaments of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe (CoE). The toolkit, which is called ‘Guidelines for discussions on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic’ is intended to be used alongside other CoE documents and guidelines on the subject of defending democracy, the rule of law and human rights,...