“It’s madness to carry on extending opening times; that a restaurant is open at 1am is not reasonable,” Yolanda Díaz, the labour minister, said.

The left-wing government of Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, wants to impose limits similar to those that exist in France.

Tourism and hospitality leaders are, however, furious at the suggestion.

Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the president of the Madrid region and a fierce critic of Mr Sánchez’s administration, said: “Spain has the world’s best nightlife with streets full of life and freedom.”

“They want us to be puritans, materialists, socialists, without soul, without light and without restaurants just because they feel like it. Bored and at home,” she said on social media.