Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Europe wrestles with its far right demons but the center holds for now

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EJ Dionne/Washington Post:

Europeans seem to grasp the threat to U.S. democracy better than we do

Our friends are warning us about authoritarianism.

But it should not be viewed as partisan to describe what is at issue in an election, and in my conversations with Europeans over the past few weeks, I was struck that so many — of various political inclinations — were acutely aware of how different the world would look and how much trouble democracy would face if Trump were victorious. Outside the ranks of supporters of far-right parties, there are few Trumpists in Europe.