MADRID—The Spanish government faced a backlash on Monday over its plans to put one of Europe’s worst COVID-19 hotspots under a six-month state of emergency.
Opposition parties said six months was too long and some citizens balked at nightly curfews.
People walk along an empty street during the first day of the night-time curfew set as part of a state of emergency in an effort to control the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Ronda, Spain, on Oct. 25, 2020. Jon Nazca/Reuters
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