In almost every country in the world, human and democratic rights have been threatened by measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and the question is what democracy will look like after the easing of measures, whether everything will return to normal, or some previous ones. rights will be lost?
Domestic analysts believe that this depends on two elements - the capacity of the authorities and the desire for democratic governance and the awareness of citizens about their rights and their desire to seek them.
According to a poll conducted by the American National Democratic Institute (NDI) last month, 4.5 percent of respondents in Macedonia believe that the biggest problems are human rights, democracy and freedom, and that the economy, personal standards and crime are the biggest problems. and corruption and the rule of law.
Almost all European countries have announced facilitation of the measures. Some have already begun to reduce the restrictive measures they have introduced, but they have also affected human rights. So, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, when announcing the measures last month, told German citizens that she understood that it was very difficult for people to give up "hard-earned rights" such as freedom of movement and travel, but that they were now necessary for to save lives.
