Spain plans last emergency decree extension as protests break out

FILE PHOTO: A waitress wearing a protective mask and gloves works, as some Spanish provinces are allowed to ease lockdown restrictions during phase one, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tarragona, Spain, May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government will seek to extend its coronavirus state of emergency one last time until late June, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday as anti-government protests broke out around the hard-hit country.

"The path that we are taking is the only one possible," Sanchez told a news conference, saying he would ask parliament for an extension of about a month until the end of June when most of the nation should be returning to normality.