Extreme parties also benefited from the elections, as well as some “eurosceptic” parties. In France, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s party has been substantially weakened, but in the Netherlands, the anti–Islam party led by Geert Wilders won 17% of the votes, and in Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Slovakia, and even in the UK the far right did better than expected.
而与此同时，极端党派以及一些“欧洲怀疑派”党团也在本次选举中出尽了风头。虽然让-马里·勒庞的极右翼政党在法国选战中被极度削弱，但由吉耶特·威尔德茨所率领，宣扬反伊斯兰教的荷兰自由党得票率则高达17%。不仅如此，极右党派在奥地利，丹麦，匈牙利，斯洛伐克，甚至在英国都表现得比预想的要好——极右的英国国家党甚至赢得了建党以来的第一个席位。虽然有人为极端主义在欧洲的崛起而忧虑，但这些极端党派的政纲其实千差万别，并非铁板一块，大可不必担心。