Europe's centre-left will recover unevenly
Mainstream left-wing parties have faced long-term decline but could reverse the trend in some countries
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- Victims of their own success?
- 'Third way'
- Lack of a distinctive identity
- Cautionary tales
- New ideas?
- Repackaging social democracy
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "Benoit Hamon, French Socialist party 2017 presidential candidate, attends a campaign rally in Toulouse on April 18 (Reuters/Regis Duvignau)")