Yeah, it would have been interesting to see how many parties were on hard left too - not that I'm equating the two things morally. In the UK there is a lot of

Yeah, it would have been interesting to see how many parties were on hard left too - not that I'm equating the two things morally. In the UK there is a lot of rhetoric that Europe is moving toward the far right rapidly. But if you look at the big players, in Germany, Italy and Spain the far right wing plays almost no role, in France it does but that has not changed appreciably over time. Meanwhile, in the UK I think story of UKIP is complicated because, while it is clearly appealing to far right themes, essentially it's a single issue party about EU membership. What UKIP would do if the UK decides to remain (or leave?) the EU is quite hard to foresee. I'd suggest the picture is messy enough that you can read whatever your pet theory is into it. If there is another deep recession then anything could happen, but you can always say that.