Spain's government has said that it would seek parliament’s approval to extend the state of emergency by another fortnight, until June 7, even as the number of new coronavirus cases keeps falling.
The current state of emergency in Spain is set to expire on May 23 and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had initially said he would seek an extension of around a month. But the government reduced the request to two weeks to secure the support of the centre-right Ciudadanos party, thereby guaranteeing it would pass during Wednesday’s vote in the 350-seat chamber where Sanchez’s coalition is in a minority.
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