Robert's findings. May help with everyone's part :)

1. Do left wing governments spend more
on social spending in Europe?
Socially Right: Government SHOULD interfere with society and social lives of citizens
Socially Left: Government should NOT interfere in society and social lives of citizens.
Economic Right: Government should NOT interfere in the economy (tax and spend too much)
Economic Left: Government SHOULD interfere in the economy (tax and spend much).
An extreme example currently happening in some European countries is that governments spend
larger amounts on social benefits and citizens take advantage or start to develop a sense of
entitlement.
Strictly speaking we would assume that left wing governments do spend more on social spending but
with the recent financial crisis these left wing governments are struggling to oblige with their party’s
manifesto as most of their government expenditure is being used to repay the national debt.

2. Luxemborg: Right Wing
Denmark: Right Wing
Sweden: Right Wing
Netherlands: Right Wing
Italy : Right Wing
Spain: Left Wing
Greece : Left Wing
Portugal: Right Wing

3. From 1999 to today.
Left, right, left: how political shifts
have altered the map of Europe
With 20 EU member states now under varying degrees
of rightwing government, Europe has rarely been more
blue. See how has its political complexion has
changed in the 38 years since Britain joined the EEC
Note: This graphic has been amended to clarify or
correct a number of points
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4. Sheila Pulham, Chris Fenn, Garry Blight and Guardian Research Department
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 9 May 2012 10.00 BST
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