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The pressure mounting on European leaders to contain the resurgent coronavirus pandemic boiled over in Spain as the region reemerges as a global hot spot.
Tensions erupted into a public spat, with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government urging local Madrid officials to lock down the entire city. The proposal was promptly rebuffed by the capital region’s administration, which is controlled by the biggest opposition party to Sanchez’s coalition.