The anti-austerity protest vote is strongest where governments have been unable to implement reforms effectively (for example, in Greece), in contrast to Portugal and Spain, whose economies are recovering on the back of strong exports. In Italy, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s new government has been able to stem the tide of Euroskepticism by undertaking concrete reforms and not blaming the EU for every problem the country faces.
反紧缩反对票在政府无法有效实施改革的国家（如希腊）最多，而葡萄牙和西班牙正好相反，它们的经济正在强劲的出口的带动下复苏。在意大利，总理伦齐的新政府能够通过采取渐进改革而不把所有其所面临的问题归咎于欧盟而抵挡住了欧洲怀疑主义声浪。