1.  Two extreme nationalist parties took the rest.

2.  But in other regions extreme nationalist parties hang on.

3.  Extreme religious parties are flexing their muscle with street protests.

4.  In Belgium, extreme nationalist parties have grown powerful by exploiting tensions between Flemish and French citizens.

5.  In keeping with their strident nationalism, most extreme right parties are also opposed to European integration.

6.  More alarming, in the view of many analysts, is the recent shift of extreme rightist parties from the periphery to the center of political debate.

7.  Some extreme rightist parties, like the National Front, have also campaigned aggressively against political elites and exploited popular disillusion with the European Union.

8.  The extreme nationalist party is now convinced it must be more moderate, he added.

9.  Only extreme religious parties opposed the final vote.

10.  After extreme rightwing parties made major gains in elections over the past four years, many papers called on their readers to back the traditional parties.