Across Europe, the Left is Waning

[Landslide Lyndon]

As the article mentions, the European Right has very little in common with its American counterpart.

The cultural issues are virtually non-existent. Even here in Greece, which is considered a fairly conservative country, especially in comparison with the Netherlands or the Scandinavian ones, the only ones who make hay about those issues are the far-right fringe (especially about imigration and flag-burning) and the Orthodox Church (homosexuality and the teaching of religion at schools). The others, among whom the vast majority of the population, simply don't care.

Also, the economic policies of most mainstream conservative parties would embarass many Blue Dog Democrats.
As a matter of fact, this blurring of the ideological fault lines is a big reason why far-left and far-right parties have risen so much.