Report

The right road

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue examines the future of the European centre-right.

For much of the postwar era, centre-right political parties dominated European parliaments. European centre-right parties in the time since the Second World War benefited from and presided over strong economic growth, rising living standards and relatively generous social security systems.

But today they are struggling, facing challenges to their political survival and the national interest. It is time to reboot and reunify the centre-right across Europe to defeat both the populist left and the statist centre-left.

This report seeks to better define and shape the centre-right across Europe. It details the philosophy, principles and history of the European centre-right before providing distinctive priorities – the ten Cs – and effective policies so the centre-right can return again to be the engine of peace and prosperity across Europe.