Why Are Centre-Left Parties in Europe Suffering Repeated Electoral Defeats?

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European social democratic parties are collapsing, and their leaders seem to have no idea how to reverse the trend. For most of the 20th century, center-left parties, rooted in trade unions and the working class, were among the dominant political forces in Europe. But today, many of them are politically unrecognizable or in dire straits. The latest example is the Social Democrats of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who suffered a dramati…