ABSTRACT
The far right dominated the international media coverage in the run up to the European elections. This chapter analyses five aspects of the far right in the 2014 European elections. First, it gives a short overview of the pre-election period, discussing the far-right campaign as well as the anti-far-right media campaign. Second, the chapter presents the electoral results of far-right parties and compares them to the 2009 European elections. Third, it also analyses the 2014 results in more detail, showing that the far right hardly broke new ground, and mainly succeeded in countries where it is well established. Fourth, it discusses the presence of the far right in the new European Parliament (EP), highlighting the continuing problems of political group building. Fifth, and finally, the chapter speculates on the consequences of the far-right 'success' on the Eurosceptic debate within the European Union (EU).
