The results of the last European Elections of 2014 confirmed the rise of right and far right 'populist' parties across the EU. The success of a range of parties, such as Denmark s Dansk Folskeparti, Slovenia s Slovenska demokratska stranka, France s Front National, Greece s Golden Dawn, the United Kingdom Independence Party, Beppe Grillo s Five Star Movement in Italy and the Austrian FPO, has been perceived as a political wave which is transforming the face of the European Parliament, and challenging at some level the hegemony of the 'big four' well-established European political...