The far right may not have cleaned up, but its influence now dominates Europe | Cas Mudde

These elections were no victory for democracy – upbeat responses to the results show how much the far right has joined the mainstream

Elections are not about the actual results, but about the interpretation of those results. It is about framing – 20% of the vote can be a win or a loss, depending on the previous result as well as the predictions in the last polls. The European elections are no exception and thus Monday was more important than Sunday.

On Sunday the results began to emerge, albeit in the form of exit polls, and on Monday politicians and pundits came out to try to shape the interpretation of those exit polls.

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