Only One-Third of the EU Is Governed by the Center-Left
Since last year’s European Parliament elections, when conservative forces took the largest bloc, there have been 13 parliamentary and presidential elections in the union, and only one of them -- in Sweden -- was won by the center-left.
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Since last year’s European Parliament elections, when conservative forces took the largest bloc, there have been 13 parliamentary and presidential elections in the union, and only one of them — in Sweden — was won by the center-left.
The Guardian reports:
Following the ousting of Denmark’s centre-left government last Thursday, only a third of the EU’s population of 503 million is now led by a centre-left head of government or state. Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Malta, Slovakia and Sweden are the only EU members that are on the centre-left.
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— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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