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“The fire starts to come under control ... This war against the virus will be a total victory,” he told a near-empty parliament as more than 300 lawmakers participated remotely due to lockdown regulations.
They were to vote on a two-week extension of Spain’s state of emergency, which would keep people at home until April 26.
The government’s proposed new economic deal is inspired by the “Pacts of Moncloa”, signed in 1977 after the death of dictator Francisco Franco to transform the state-run economy into a market economy for newly-democratic Spain.
It seeks to unite the splintered political landscape, and also encompass unions, companies and regions, behind a common economic reconstruction policy.
“I propose a great pact for the economic and social reconstruction of Spain, for all the political forces who want to lend their shoulder to take part,” said Sanchez, a Socialist who leads a leftist coalition government after a series of inconclusive elections.