What’s Left of the Left in Central and Eastern Europe?

... left (the ‘radical left’ and Greens) is rarely strong. Indeed, the left has generally been out of government in Central and Eastern Europe since before the crisis, and any major electoral dividend since the crisis is difficult to discern ... ... former connections and resources). The radical left is stronger in the former Soviet Union (e.g. Russia, Ukraine, and especially Moldova where the communist party is one of the most electorally successful in history), but far weaker in Central and South-Eastern ...