Spanish Conservatives Are Unlikely to Normalize Vox
Far from drawing Vox to the center, the People’s Party has been pulled to the right.
Conservatism
What Are Republicans For? The Far Right Knows
Moderate Republicans don’t have a plan. Hardliners do.
Spain’s People’s Party Hasn’t Turned the Page
Alberto Núñez Feijóo promised moderation. Moderates are still waiting.
Who Wants to Live in Hungary?
Not Viktor Orbán’s Western fans.
Madrid’s Díaz Ayuso Is Not an Inspiration
Conservatives elsewhere would be unwise to mimic her strategy.
Trumpification of the Spanish Right in Madrid
Isabel Díaz Ayuso flirts with COVID-19 skepticism in the name of “freedom”.
Söder Can Give Germany’s Christian Democrats Fresh Start
Armin Laschet is not the man to lead Germany out of the COVID-19 crisis.
Merkel’s Party Doesn’t Need More Ideology
German voters prize the Christian Democrats for their competence, not their beliefs.
Close Election Result Won’t Convince Republicans to Change
A narrow loss or win validates the strategy of Trump and Trumpists.
Conservatives Should Look to Bavaria
The region’s Christian Democrats tried, and failed, to outflank the far right.
Why Republicans Need to Lose Decisively
The party must be made to realize it cannot continue as a far-right movement.
Center-Left and Center-Right Need to Team Up Against Extremists
We have more in common with each other than we do with the woke left or the reactionary right.
Outrage over Right-Wing Alliance in Thuringia Is Overblown
Mainstream conservative parties in the state gave the far right nothing for its support.
Spanish Center-Right Makes the Same Mistake Again
They keep trying to outflank the far right and failing.
Conservatives Put Party Before Country. They’ve Harmed Both
And they call it patriotism.