Also, we should be looking closer when talking about the future of conservatism, traditionalism and Roman Catholicism in Europe Less than 5% of French people are practicing Catholics, and right wing movements are still quite fringe. Yet among military officers, about 80% are Catholic and half of all practice, a huge contrast to the secularism of Europe in large. The institutions have deep ties to the Church and to conservative factions, even if just as a legacy from past eras. This leads me into the concept of institutional capture. Sure, the general population will always believe in this and that and whatever. But if, for example, a class as powerful and influential as the nations officer corps overwhelmingly supports an idea of, say, traditional Catholicism… it can be worth paying attention to.