Spain's parliamentary election on July 23 ended with political gridlock after the right failed to clinch a predicted decisive victory, leaving regionalist parties as kingmakers and the door wide open for a repeat ballot. The conservative opposition People's Party (PP) of Alberto Nunez Feijoo beat acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialists (PSOE) and is likely to take a first stab at forming a government. It failed to secure an outright majority, however, and even with the support of