International Policy Analysis 1 Content Introduction ........................................................... 2 The Decline of Social Democracy in Europe: A Common European Pattern? ....... 2 British New Labour: the Historic»Third Way« Comes to an End..................... 2 The German SPD: Antagonising the Workers without Convincing the Middle Class....... 3 The French Socialists: Progressive Ambitions, Pragmatic Policies, Internal Conflicts, Shrinking Constituency.................................................... 5 The Dutch Labour Party: Competing in a Crowded and Shrinking Centre while Losing the Left.......................................................... 6 The Austrian SPÖ: Riding the Horse of Success Away from Those Who Feed It.......... 7 Italy: Reconstituting the Centre-Left within an Unsustainable Social Model............. 8 The Spanish Socialist Labour Party: Still the Force of Progress in a Catching-up Society.... 10 The Danish Social Democrats: in Danger of Losing Their Profile in a Social Democratic Country............................................................... 11 SAP: the Guardian of the Highly Popular»Swedish model« but without a Political Monopoly....................................................... 12 The social democratic Malaise and its Causes ................................ 14 The End of Social Democratic Progress........................................ 14 A Socio-cultural Divide.................................................... 15 Where Is the Enemy?..................................................... 15 Towards a Project of social democratic Renewal .............................. 16 Seven Policy Proposals for a Renewal of Social Democracy......................... 16 Promoting the Project of Renewal ......................................... 20