Spain Enters COVID-19 State of Emergency to Much Dismay

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

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.