| ID | 135879 |
| Title Proper | Support for the far right in the 2014 European Parliament elections |
| Other Title Information | a comparative perspective |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Vasilopoulou, Sofia ; Halikiopoulou, Daphne |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The May 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections were characterised by the success of far-right Eurosceptic parties, including the French Front National, UKIP, the Danish People's Party, the Hungarian Jobbik, the Austrian FPÖ, the True Finns and the Greek Golden Dawn. However, a closer look at the results across Europe indicates that the success of far-right parties in the EP elections is neither a linear nor a clear-cut phenomenon: (1) the far right actually declined in many European countries compared to the 2009 results; (2) some of the countries that have experienced the worst of the economic crisis, including Spain, Portugal and Ireland, did not experience a significant rise in far-right party support; and (3) ‘far right’ is too broad an umbrella term, covering parties that are too different from each other to be grouped in one single party family. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Quarterly Vol.85, No.3; Jul-Sep.2014: p.285-288 |
| Journal Source | Political Quarterly 2014-09 85, 3 |
| Standard Number | UKIP |