Dr. Gianni Buquicchio:

I agree with Lord Sumption. I would add that it is necessary to have a legal basis in order to take these kinds of measures. I will stress one point that does not apply to Ireland. In Italy, there was a fight between the central government and the regions because individual regions took different measures from one another. At the end they decided to co-ordinate everything and there was only one regulation. I stress that for these kinds of limitations - green, pink or red, etc. - one needs a legal basis everywhere. This is the case in Europe for the pandemic.