Beyond Austerity

Europe’s Left Shows Signs Of Life

E. J. Dionne Jr. March 27, 2012 - 11:34am

A crisis of capitalism is supposed to create an opening for the political left. But in Europe, the place where the concept of left and right was born, political conservatives have won the bulk of the elections held since economic catastrophe struck in 2008. Is that about to change?

The conservative victory most noted in the United States was the rise to power of David Cameron, the British prime minister feted at the White House...

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E. J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist, professor of government at Georgetown University, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent (Bloomsbury Press).

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