In a decision published on Thursday 20 May, the European Court of Human Rights ruled for the first time on a case concerning last spring’s lockdown in response to the pandemic. It ruled that this did not constitute a “deprivation of liberty”.
The request was made by Romanian MEP Cristian-Vasile Terhes (ECR). Elected in 2019 on the list of the Social Democratic Party of Romania, he was in his country when the state of emergency was declared on 24 March 2020.
In his statement of...