http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210225-153933-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/constitutionalism-and-covid-19-in-greece-the-normality-of-emergency/ Constitutionalism and COVID-19 in Greece: The Normality of Emergency Karavokyris, George eng 2021-02-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 COVID 19 Greece Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In the first wave of the pandemic (March-June 2020) Greece has been widely praised for having taken all necessary actions to contain effectively the spread of the virus. Despite the reasonable concerns, a consensus among scholars about the constitutionality of harsh restrictions on rights was reached, along with a broad social acceptance, due to the priority of health public interest and the exceptional character of the measures. Set by an emergency mechanism, the framework of the “crisis-law” remains alive and binding, while the country is possibly entering, after the second and more lethal spike (November-January), the third wave of Covid-19.