French Center-Right Needs More Than New Leader
It needs a better strategy.
Conservatism
Far Right Fills Gaps Left by Merkel and Rutte
The two center-right leaders may have moved too far to the middle.
Party Warms to Merkel’s Successor, Voters Not So Much
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has wood the Christian right, but at the expense of goodwill in the center.
Kurzism Doesn’t Travel Well
Conservatives in France and Spain have mimicked the Austrian’s lurch to the right without his success.
Harder Line Neither Helps Nor Hurts Spain’s People’s Party — For Now
Pablo Casado’s lurch to the right plays well with the base, but he isn’t expanding the party’s coalition.
How to Interpret the Collapse of Bavaria’s Christian Democrats?
If they were wrong to mimic the far right, what does that mean for conservatives elsewhere?
So Much for the “Vanguard” of American Conservatism
Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker and Mitch Daniels were once the future of the Republican Party.
Spanish Right Takes Harder Line on Catalonia, Immigration
Pablo Casado doesn’t want to give other parties an opportunity to challenge him from the right.
Two-Party System Leaves Anti-Trump Republicans in the Lurch
As the Republican Party becomes statist, small-government conservatives have nowhere to go.
With Casado, Spain’s People’s Party Turns Right
Pablo Casado’s victory signals a desire for a more right-wing program.
Unconvinced Germans and Unconservative Republicans
Republicans in the United States have forgotten the meaning of conservatism.
Party of Conspiracy Theorists
Republicans have allowed their party to be taken over by liars and extremists.
This New Cold War Is Ideological Too
Russia is borrowing Western beliefs. That only makes the ideological challenge it poses more insidious.
French Republicans Lurch Right with Wauquiez
The new Republican party leader calls for a return to the “true values of the right”.
Other Conservatives Should Be Wary of Imitating Kurz
Most don’t have the Austrian’s luxury of being able to tack to the right without losing support in the center.