“It’s the Spanish people who have stopped the virus together… nobody has the right to squander what we’ve achieved during these long weeks of confinement.”
Demonstrators bang pans as they take part in a demonstration against the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, on May 20, 2020, in Alcorcon, near Madrid. – Spain’s prime minister won parliamentary backing extend the lockdown for another two weeks today, despite opposition from his rightwing opponents and protests against his minority coalition government.
The measure has allowed the government to impose a strict lockdown on Spain’s nearly 47 million population, significantly limiting the freedom of movement to fight the epidemic which has now claimed 27,888 lives. The street protests have been backed by the far-right Vox and the main rightwing opposition People’s Party , whose leader Pablo Casado didn’t mince his words in the pre-vote debate.
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