A reckoning for Europe’s center left

The far right took some minor hits to its seemingly impenetrable armor this week, as people in Denmark, Italy, France and Slovenia headed to the polls.

But those votes also told another, more existential story: the slow-motion collapse of the EU’s center left.

To unpack what’s ailing left-leaning parties across the bloc, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by a panel of POLITICO colleagues: Clea Caulcutt in Paris, James Angelos in Berlin, and Iberian correspondent Aitor Hernández-Morales.

Plus, an excerpt from an exclusive interview by POLITICO’s Tim Ross with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb — who has a stark warning about the economic fallout of the Iran war. He explains why he thinks the current moment could spiral further than many expect.

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