I'm less optimistic. I dont think we can predict what the upper limit is on voters  in France and elsewhere, who are happy to vote for parties that clearly signpost a disregard for the rule of law (and therefore democracy). The French Republicans need to get their crap together.  Post-Macron his party will likely implode, same with Melenchon. Political parties are evaporating in places like France and Italy and that opens the door to non-democratic forces.  Highly effective operators like Jospin and Prodi are now completely unelectable characters, because they are boring and would never go for headline grabbing soundbites.

The far right has made rapid gains globally in times of unprecedented plenty, such is the age of clickbait and 'news as entertainment'.  If we have genuine economic hardship (which is increasingly possible) then a further lurch to unaccountable populists (often of the far right) is even more likely. 

In other news, Corbyn is a complete imbecile for suggesting NATO should be disbanded.  He's entitled to his opinion but the way guys like him, and countries like SA and India, seem to think the nationalist modern Russia is an equivalent of the non-racist principles of the USSR is bizarre.  Everything that was virtuous in the USSR (and a lot of it wasn't) is now dead.

And... ecologists just won 35% of the vote in Slovenia to finish first by 13 points, which must be a record globally. Again a sign of the instability of democratic circumstances.  I didn't realise Slovenia was having an election, which makes me fear the rumours of them sending tanks to Ukraine may have been an election ploy.