Spain's Socialist leader looks certain to fail in his bid to become PM after both main rival parties vowed to oppose him.
Pedro Sanchez has been trying to secure support for a coalition government with the centre-right Ciudadanos, following inconclusive December polls in which the Socialists (PSOE) came second.
The BBC's James Reynolds went to a market in Madrid to find out what some Spaniards thought of the political stalemate.
