![Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during the first investiture vote on Tuesday.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/3YXDYCPPYNOSXKB6MWW5427PVE.jpg?auth=467187c4ee70dd3916ee78dcda9b488974ea89227768132fbe239f3152c2da8e&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
At second vote in Congress, Pedro Sánchez fails to form government
The impossibility of reaching a governing deal between the Socialist Party and Unidas Podemos has today taken Spain a step closer to another general election, the fourth in as many years