The great underreported story in European politics is not the rise of the populists. It is the decline of the old power parties.
Across Europe, parliaments are closing for the summer. Desks are being cleared. Final emails are being sent.
When politicians return in four or five weeks, one question will dominate:
The parties that governed Europe after World War II cannot win even 50% of the vote between them.
That is already the reality in countries including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands.
To their right stand the parties the old establishment calls right-wing populists. They focus on the consequences of mass migration from the Greater Middle East and reject what they often mock as the uniparty - the broad consensus on globalisation, migration, multilateral institutions and international treaties.
To their left, newer movements are also growing. In some countries, the Greens dominate. In others, the Islamo-left.
The defining political drama over the next six to twelve months will therefore be twofold: the continued erosion of the centre - and the question of who governs with whom.
Many establishment parties insist that the new right is the unacceptable partner.
Perhaps. But cooperation with the new left is not without consequences either.
Some factions of the European left openly welcome demographic change because they believe it will strengthen the political left. At the same time, a stronger Islamo-left is also likely to mean more antisemitism. And a stronger radical left would almost certainly bring more wokeness and a faster push towards degrowth in the name of the green transition.
Europe is entering a genuinely tripolar political era.
That - not any single election result - is the real story to watch after the recess.
Until then, I wish everyone a wonderful summer.
@Mograx2@CynicalPublius Discriminate against groups, yes. But not against individuality.
Social policy can / should be informed by our understanding of race. Is that coherent, it’s what OP argues
Climatism is a political sect that opposes technological solutions to problems posed by actual weather events. The only permitted strategies are those that address CO2 emissions, which even under climatist assumptions will never ameliorate anything in any measurable way, ever.
@arcticinstincts ‘This is not cute, this is not funny— and I don’t think i overspeak when I call it a 🏳️⚧️reproductive holocaust….. I don’t think I can get through it(the quote) personally.. this child was with my son in high school .. (the schools are infested).” — @ericweinstein Arc 2025
@Aelthemplaer@kirchhoffs64 Right so he’s cooked into form through generations of refinement- and meeting between competing narrative differences in what are more fundamental, biologically instantiated archetypal forms that do not have ‘origin’, certainly not where you say- and in the sense you sah.
@Aelthemplaer@kirchhoffs64 ugh- no. These aren’t virulent memes that pop off and enter consideration for worship or adoption. They’re Mythos of oral tradition and right brain hemispheric collective processing carried through 10’s of k’s / yrs.
After the Ice Age the tribal gods met, fought and -> Thor
@OJoelsen Må Velfærdskolonien en dag synke under isen. Erstattet af noget modigere.
>’because it contained terminology that did not align with its views on diversity.’
Kujoneri at placere røde akadamikeres preferencer over øens vækst.