Spain backtracks on nightlife rules after regional complaints FILE PHOTO: People take pictures and watch the sunset from a lookout by the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo reuters_tickers This content was published on June 9, 2021 - 20:17 June 9, 2021 - 20:17 MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's health ministry on Wednesday scrapped a nationwide plan to gradually reopen nightlife just a week after introducing it, following widespread complaints from regional authorities who dismissed it as either too strict or too loose. The plan, which would have allowed areas with low infection rates to open nightclubs until 3 a.m., drew the ire of several regions and a legal challenge from Madrid's conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso.