Yet it is fair to ask what the centre-right government has done to tackle them.
The other centre-right outfit, Civic Platform, gains support mainly among well-educated, better-off, urban voters.
Last year the current, centre-right lot extended the lives of seven ageing reactors by eight years.
As liberals, the Free Democrats, junior partners in the centre-right coalition, oppose all of this.
Mr Kenny's centre-right Fine Gael won 76 seats and Labour 37 in the 166-member parliament.
In the past the centre-right has suffered from being split into four warring parties.
In any case, the continental shift to the centre-right may be less profound than it appears.
If he does sign, the centre-right has said it will appeal to the Constitutional Court.
Recent polls suggest they could win the election, or come second to the centre-right Liberals (VVD).
Mr Fox's centre-right party is widely seen to represent the face of modern Mexican business.
The ruling Socialists in Portugal saw their vote fall sharply, allowing the centre-right to claim victory.
Other centre-right parties who served in Mr Dzurinda's government have also suffered losses of confidence.
It has a soft spot for the centre-right, but insists on a healthy editorial independence.
Many voters took heed, helping Mr Kohl's centre-right coalition, against expectations, to a narrow victory.
Judging by his recent declarations, the centre-right Mr Sarkozy has taken a decidedly leftward turn.
The centre-right opposition People's Party, which challenged the Catalan charter in court, has long felt so.
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Such talk has delighted European socialists, who have found unlikely common cause with the centre-right president.
Mr Berlusconi, 76, was forced to resign as prime minister of a centre-right coalition last November.
Most other EU governments are run by centre-right parties that tend to believe in budget consolidation.
In three other regions, centre-right presidents chose to resign after Front councillors helped to re-elect them.
Third, even if a crisply unified centre-right were to take shape, it would need a leader.
In its five years in power Denmark's centre-right government has presided over a boom.
Mr Kohl's centre-right coalition, including the Free Democrats (liberals), trails with close to 40%.
The centre-right's new glue, by contrast, is so strong that some voters foresee it enduring.
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One name on the list was Nicolas Sarkozy, the centre-right interior minister and presidential hopeful.
Americans are a centre-right people, whereas Britain is at best left-centre (word order is paramount here).
Meanwhile Dutch centre-right MEP Ria Oomen-Rujten said the EU needed to take a tougher stance towards Moscow.
The bloc has ruled out an alliance with Mr Berlusconi's centre-right alliance, which finished a close second.
Italian centre-right MEP Licia Ronzulli accused EU officials, including High Representative Baroness Ashton, of ignoring their plight.
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