One criterion that seems universally accepted is a party’s use, encouragement, or at least condoning of violence – as was evidently the case with Golden Dawn’s role in attacks on immigrants in Athens. There is less consensus about parties that incite hatred and are committed to destroying core democratic principles – especially because many extremist parties in Europe go out of their way to emphasize that they are not against democracy; on the contrary, they are fighting for “the people.”
一个似乎被广泛接受的标准是一党对暴力的使用、鼓励或至少是宽恕——这一点在金色黎明在攻击雅典外来人口方面所扮演的角色中表露无遗。关于煽动仇恨和致力于毁灭核心民主原则的政党就较为缺少共识——尤其是因为是许多欧洲的极端主义政党竭力强调它们并不针对民主；相反，它们是在“为人民”而奋斗。