European Right Are Looking Good for Government

Writing from a distance, the three principal lessons of the European elections on June 9 are that the former bêtes noires of the untouchable political right have successfully met the system halfway; the general direction of Europe remains substantially unaltered even though the long-invincible founding elements have lost almost all their tail feathers in a light scorching; and Europe has rebuked the greens and will not pay the heavy invoices for their militant green offensive.