Europe's centrist parties face setbacks amid political disengagement

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 13:51 · Archive

Centrist parties across Europe are losing ground as moderate voters disengage from politics.

Centrist parties across Europe are experiencing significant setbacks. The Economist reports that centrist rulers have fallen dangerously short, whilst the Financial Times suggests that moderate politicians have treated politics as a spectator sport, retreating into separate bubbles rather than engaging with voters.

Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports that extremist parties are capitalising on this disengagement by actively turning up, joining organisations and building support among voters who feel abandoned by the centre.

How it is being reported

• Europe’s moderates must stop treating politics as a spectator sportWhile centrists have retreated to myriad bubbles, extremists turn up, join up and organiseFinancial Times · 22 Oct, 13:22
• The agony of liberal EuropeCentrist rulers have fallen dangerously short—and are now paying the priceThe Economist · 22 Oct, 10:51

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