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Alberto Núñez Feijóo

Spain’s People’s Party Hasn’t Turned the Page Yet

Alberto Núñez Feijóo promised moderation. Moderates are still waiting.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 9, 2022June 12, 2022
Budapest Hungary

Who Wants to Live in Hungary?

Not Viktor Orbán’s Western fans.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 10, 2021November 28, 2021
Pablo Casado Isabel Díaz Ayuso

Madrid’s Díaz Ayuso Is Not an Inspiration

Conservatives elsewhere would be unwise to mimic her strategy.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 10, 2021November 18, 2021
Isabel Díaz Ayuso

Trumpification of the Spanish Right in Madrid

Isabel Díaz Ayuso flirts with COVID-19 skepticism in the name of “freedom”.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 4, 2021November 30, 2021
Markus Söder

Söder Can Give Germany’s Christian Democrats Fresh Start

Armin Laschet is not the man to lead Germany out of the COVID-19 crisis.

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 12, 2021December 3, 2021
Angela Merkel

Merkel’s Party Doesn’t Need More Ideology

German voters prize the Christian Democrats for their competence, not their beliefs.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 15, 2021April 20, 2022

Close Election Result Won’t Convince Republicans to Change

A narrow loss or win validates the strategy of Trump and Trumpists.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 4, 2020December 11, 2021
Colomanskirche Schwangau Germany

Conservatives Should Look to Bavaria

The region’s Christian Democrats tried, and failed, to outflank the far right.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 17, 2020April 20, 2022
Donald Trump

Why Republicans Need to Lose Decisively

The party must be made to realize it cannot continue as a far-right movement.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 3, 2020November 30, 2021
White House Washington

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.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 5, 2020April 20, 2022

Outrage over Right-Wing Alliance in Thuringia Is Overblown

Mainstream conservative parties in the state gave the far right nothing for its support.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 6, 2020December 1, 2021
Pablo Casado

Spanish Center-Right Makes the Same Mistake Again

They keep trying to outflank the far right and failing.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 9, 2019October 13, 2021
Mariano Rajoy

Conservatives Put Party Before Country. They’ve Harmed Both

And they call it patriotism.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 18, 2019November 27, 2021
United States Capitol Washington

Republicans Now Have More in Common with the European Far Right

The party has become radicalized under Donald Trump.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 30, 2019October 24, 2021
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin Is Not Your Conservative Hero

Western conservatives looking for a leading light won’t find one in the Kremlin.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 28, 2019April 2, 2022

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