2013年的欧盟政治形势呈现以下特点。第一，极右翼政党在欧盟多个成员国力量上升，对主流政党提出了挑战。第二，2014年欧洲议会选举已经拉开帷幕，欧洲人民党和社会民主党的竞争将会非常激烈；二者都有可能成为议会第一大党团；跨国政党联盟在积极提名本党的下一届欧盟委员会主席人选，但欧洲议会选举结果最终能否与其挂钩尚未可知。第三，欧盟机构经过艰难谈判，最终达成2014～2020多年财政框架。
In 2013，the European political situation presented the following characteristics. Firstly，the far right-wing parties gained visible strength in many member states，a great challenge to the mainstream parties. Secondly，the campaign for 2014 European Election has already been launched.There will be a fierce competition between the European People’s Party and Social Democratic Party，and either of them could have a chance to become the biggest party group in the next European Parliament. The European transnational parties are preparing their candidate nomination for the next European Commission President，but whether there will be a link between the result of the European Election and the next Commission President is still quite uncertain. Thirdly，the agreement for Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 was finally reached after tough negotiations between the EU institutions.
