The predominance of the right in the future European Parliament calls for some explanation. The main reason might be the poor fortunes of social-democratic parties, which now head only eight governments in the EU, despite their efforts since 2000 to minimize their waning influence within their traditional electorate – blue-collar workers and white-collar public-sector employees, middle managers, and civil servants.
那么右翼党派凭什么能在未来欧洲议会中占有如此优势？其中的主要原因可能要归咎于左翼社会民主党派的不幸命运，现在全欧盟由它们执政的只剩8个国家，尽管自2000年他们就努力最大限度地减少在其传统票仓——包括蓝领工人和公共部门白领，中级管理人员和公务员中日趋下降的影响力。