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Tens of thousands of people in Spain have turned night into day to celebrate the end of the Corona emergency after six and a half months. In the crowded Puerta del Sol, around two o'clock on Sunday morning, most of the people didn't even think about going to bed. "Alcohol, alcohol. We're here to get drunk, ”sang a group of joyfully drunk and probably slightly tipsy young people on the famous square in the heart of Madrid. Scenes similar to those in the capital took place in Seville, Barcelona and many other cities in the country.
Most of the sometimes very strict restrictions on public life expired in the former infection hotspot of the EU at midnight on Saturday.
This included, for example, the cordoning off of numerous regions in which it was previously forbidden to enter or leave the country without a valid reason.
The residents of the capital Madrid, for example, have been able to go back to the sea in Andalusia, Valencia or Catalonia since Sunday.
The left central government nevertheless urged caution.
"We all have to be careful, the pandemic is not over yet," said Vice Prime Minister Carmen Calvo on Saturday on the sidelines of an event in Madrid.
But now it is time to “think about the hugs, about the companies and about the jobs”, emphasized the socialist politician.
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The various regions of the country are now deciding, depending on the situation and within the scope of their legal possibilities, which measures they want to maintain or adopt again so that the virus does not get out of control again.
In Mallorca, for example, the interiors of bars and restaurants are still closed for at least two weeks.
However, the question of which measures are legally permissible without an emergency has caused heated debates and a lot of confusion in recent days.
For example, while the Higher Regional Courts of the Balearic Islands and Valencia endorsed the maintenance of the nocturnal ban, which had previously been mandatory for everyone, it was rejected as unconstitutional by the Basque judiciary.
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