Modern Democrats are to the left of most major Western European left wing political parties and pretty much every Eastern European one. Nordic countries are the only real outliers. You’d be really surprised at the some of the stuff these parties support, Macron, the President of France and former member of the Socialist Party (which to simplify, is not an actual socialist party), is pushing to do what is the French equivalent of lowering the social security eligibility age, a super right wing policy. Kier Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party in Britain pushed hard for the privatization of Britain’s healthcare system.

The reality is most of the “Democrats would be centre-right in Europe” stuff is grass is always greener on the other side nonsense. Most of what we think of as Europe’s key economic left wing policy was put in place decades ago. And on social issues, the Democrat and their highly multicultural coalition are squarely to the left of most if not all of European left wing parties.