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Not sure why you are downvoted, anyone with an ounce of knowledge on politics would know that democrats would be considered a very right wing party in most of Europe, economically speaking.



This is a common statement usually by Americans with a limited grasp of European politics.

The fact is that Europe is not one entity. It is a lot of countries with a very wide spectrum of political views. Democrats would be considered very left-wing in some countries e.g. Hungary and centrist in others e.g. Denmark.

But it is definitely not "very right-wing" by any countries standard.


Economically Democrats are right wing compared to even Hungary’s.


All politics are local. Environmentalism can be right wing (Canada).




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