Spain’s conservative party leader proposed as PM despite no majority

People's party's Alberto Feijoo is choice of king to succeed Pedro Sanchez but would only be able to form minority government

The leader of Spain's conservative People's party has been put forward to be prime minister, in a move that seems doomed to fail as he has not secured enough votes to command a majority.

In accordance with protocol, King Felipe VI proposed Alberto Feijoo for the investiture on Tuesday night on the grounds that his party won the most votes in last month's general election, which produced a hung parliament.