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Originally Posted by rubecube
Really, you're trying to tell me that Berlusconi was a socialist? Extreme might be taking it too far depending on your definition of extreme, but both Greece and Italy were certainly on the right side of the political spectrum, especially economically when their economies began to crumble.
EDIT: For that matter, Ireland too. How is this even debatable?
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This.
In Europe, the right still sees the advantage of their ideology in troubled times: it is confident, while the left is insecure.
That’s been the case for some time now. Voters have put the centre-right parties into power across most of the continent, perhaps because they figure that austerity measures are going to be necessary anyway and they think the right will be more competent in carrying them out.
Spain elected a right-wing government a few months ago.