Il principio di sussidiarietà verticale alla prova dell'emergenza interna

This essay, moving from the analysis of methods used by the State to counter the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 virus, deals with the difficulties arose during pandemic in preserving the regional framework, highlighting how these difficulties are imputable, at least in part, to the mechanisms for the protection of unitary needs set by the reform of Title V., p. II of the Constitution. Such mechanisms show certain limitations, when the protection of supra-regional interests is imposed as an 'administrative problem', both in ordinary situations and in emergencies. Therefore, it follows the need to redress not only the compatibility of the solutions identified with the crisis management, but also the political-institutional significance of these solutions which involve, in addition to the pandemic, the future of our form of state.