Some notes on EU social democracy from a skype chat with a friend

Germans just ditched the SPD, Spain's PSOE may be voted out, Cameron is waiting...
As Europe is in the middle of an economic crisis, the elections seem to be won by the right. When social needs are up, this seems a paradoxical development. However, it's not necessarily the market conservatives that win (see Holland). Moreover, as governments turn right in the EU, Social Democracy is experiencing its own crisis.
In the midst of a financial crisis, the answers hitherto seem to be even more market en and credit. This doesn't seem like a structural answer. There is a feeling that the solution doesn't lie in another variation to neo-liberalism, thus the neo-liberal middle with third way social democracy at its core, is crumbling. It's not a problem of the left, I think that they gain across Europe. For instance, the left (Linke) actually won in Germany. However, Social Democratic parties have lost their grip and majority over that side of the spectrum.