Collapse of '3rd way' politics, also known as Blairism. Starting with Blair and Clinton, 'Third Way' politics included support for neo-liberal economic policies, neo-con foreign policies and a scattering of mildly progressive social policies. Every party that adopted that 'third way' collapsed; The PS in France, Labour in the UK, The Democrats in the US, POSAK in Greece, PVdA in the Netherlands, the SPD in Germany...

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