European social democracy

Ten Reasons the Left Is Failing in Europe

All over Europe, one question lingers on many people's minds: Why are left-wing political parties doing so poorly?After all, the left ought to be having a field day right now. Europe is struggling to emerge from the worst recession since World War II. It's an economic crisis in which the excesses of capitalism -- and capitalists themselves -- are regularly held up as the culprits. So where on Earth is Karl Marx just when he got his curtain call? Not in Europe, evidently. Only two of the five largest European countries -- Spain and Britain -- are currently run by left-wing governments. France, ...

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