Centre-right, and for that matter far-right, parties across the democratic world are being faced with decisions that illustrate the dangers of pandering to the extremes.
Category: Europe
By-election preview: Dunkley
Voters in the Frankston area go to the polls tomorrow in a by-election that has had plenty of attention from the Australian media.
Challenging Putin
Vladimir Putin decides not to take the risk of allowing even a moderate opponent to run against him.
February electoral roundup
A look at some recent happenings in the electoral world, including Namibia, Finland, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and the UK.
Marriage equality comes to Greece
Greece votes to legalise same-sex marriage, with – most unusually – majority support from its centre-right governing party.
Movement at last in Northern Ireland
More than seven years on, Brexit is still troubling the politics of Northern Ireland, but a return to self-government is on the cards.
Good news for the mainstream in Finland
The electoral year in Europe kicks off with the first round of Finland's presidential election.
A new French prime minister
Emmanuel Macron finds someone even younger than himself to serve as prime minister, hoping to keep his delicate balancing act alive.
EU loses a president
The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.
Creeping authoritarianism in Serbia
Serbia's autocratic president wins a parliamentary majority as expected, but his position is in some ways an unenviable one.
The World is Not Enough 