Pasokification

Pasokification is the decline of centre-left, social-democratic political parties in European and other Western countries during the 2010s, often accompanied by the rise of nationalist, left-wing and right-wing populist alternatives. In Europe, the share of votes for centre-left parties was at its 70-year lowest in 2015.

The term originates from the Greek party PASOK, which saw a declining share of the vote in national elections — from 43.9% in 2009 to 13.2% in May 2012, to 12.3% in June 2012 and 4.7% in 2015 — due to its perceived poor handling of the Greek government-debt crisis and implementation of harsh austerity measures. Simultaneously, the left-wing anti-austerity Syriza party saw a growth in vote share and influence. Since PASOK's decline, the term has been applied to similar declines for other social-democratic and Third Way parties.

In the early 2020s, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Australian Labor Party and UK Labour Party won elections in each of their countries in 2021, 2022 and 2024 respectively. Additionally, PASOK-KINAL improved their performance in the 2023 Greek elections. This has resulted in discussions on the possibility of "de-Pasokification", "reverse Pasokification", or "Kinalification."

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