The last French presidential election and the recent legislative
elections confirmed a seemingly unstoppable declining trend in the
electoral support of social democratic parties. For the second time in
the last fifteen years, the official candidate of the French Socialist
Party (PS) was excluded from the second round; in both cases, the
“outsider” was represented by the candidate of the Front National (FN).
The legislative election confirmed this trend: the PS and its allies received only 9.5% of the vote. Before the French elections, the Labour Party (PvdA) in the Netherlands (5.7%) received a similarly cataclysmic result. This built on other high profile losses for social democratic parties in recent years, notably PASOK’s decline in Greece in 2012 (13.2%), which represented a turning point for the Greek political system. Between these results, other social democratic parties have suffered heavy losses, either as incumbents or as parties in opposition.
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The legislative election confirmed this trend: the PS and its allies received only 9.5% of the vote. Before the French elections, the Labour Party (PvdA) in the Netherlands (5.7%) received a similarly cataclysmic result. This built on other high profile losses for social democratic parties in recent years, notably PASOK’s decline in Greece in 2012 (13.2%), which represented a turning point for the Greek political system. Between these results, other social democratic parties have suffered heavy losses, either as incumbents or as parties in opposition.
For the complete report click here: Is Social Democracy Facing Extinction In Europe?
