In Germany and Britain, once-mighty center-left parties have been badly diminished, locked out of their nations’ top jobs for the foreseeable future. Overall, the total vote share for the continent’s traditional center-left parties is now at its lowest level since at least World War II. But unlike the center-left, traditional parties of the center-right have managed to hold their own amid the populist fury, clinging to power in London, Berlin and Madrid — with a strong chance next year to take Paris, as well. Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech at a Center for Labour and Social Studies event in London on Nov. 5. In economically devastated Greece, the traditional center-left party, Pasok, finished no better than fourth in a pair of votes last year that saw its support drop to the mid-single digits.

Source: Washington Post November 24, 2016 23:16 UTC