Partido Popular (People's Party) leader and candidate for prime minister, Alberto Nunez Feijoo prepares to leave the Congress of Deputies after a second parliamentary vote to elect Spain's next premier in Madrid on September 29, 2023. Alberto Nunez-Feijoo's bid to become Spain's next prime minister was rejected by lawmakers today, with the right-wing opposition leader lacking the support to pass a second and final parliamentary vote. It opens the way for outgoing Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to try his own hand at an identical vote, for which he will need support from a hardline Catalan separatist party cast in the role of kingmaker. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)