The Chilean Center for Public Studies (CEP) identifies three key political factors in the downfall of the so-called «new left»: the problems it denounced and tried to solve from the government, such as poverty, inequality, and the crisis of public services, remain unchanged; its main political capital, the rhetoric of care and equality, has lost effectiveness after scandals that have eroded its moral authority; and its intellectual isolation has trapped it in an ideological bubble unable to connect with the real concerns of citizens. The Swiss political scientist Franco Cavalli, former member of the Swiss Federal Parliament, expressed it clearly: «European left-wing politics has significantly weakened over the past thirty years.»
The Chilean Center for Public Studies (CEP) identifies three key political factors in the downfall of the so-called «new left»: the problems it denounced and tried to solve from the government, such as poverty, inequality, and the crisis of public services, remain unchanged; its main political capital, the rhetoric of care and equality, has lost effectiveness after scandals that have eroded its moral authority; and its intellectual isolation has trapped it in an ideological bubble unable to connect with the real concerns of citizens. The Swiss political scientist Franco Cavalli, former member of the Swiss Federal Parliament, expressed it clearly: «European left-wing politics has significantly weakened over the past thirty years.»
The Chilean Center for Public Studies (CEP) identifies three key political factors in the downfall of the so-called «new left»: the problems it denounced and tried to solve from the government, such as poverty, inequality, and the crisis of public services, remain unchanged; its main political capital, the rhetoric of care and equality, has lost effectiveness after scandals that have eroded its moral authority; and its intellectual isolation has trapped it in an ideological bubble unable to connect with the real concerns of citizens. The Swiss political scientist Franco Cavalli, former member of the Swiss Federal Parliament, expressed it clearly: «European left-wing politics has significantly weakened over the past thirty years.»
