Is the European Union adventure over? Judging from some of the comments after the May 22-25 elections for the European Parliament where the ultra rightwing parties who oppose the EU won a stunning victory, this is the case. The Union may carry on in substance but in essence it is now seen by its opponents as a dead man living in a coma.The elections show that the European people are fed up with weak leadership and unfulfilled promises and want their leaders to make a proper impact in their lives.If these had been national elections there would have definitely been political earthquakes throughout the European continent with the mainstream parties losing power and being replaced by ultra right-wing opponents who would further push Europe into the abyss.With the United States dominating the world scene, with the Russians making an impressive comeback and the Chinese giving out messages that they too are in the game, Europe is already lagging behind and needs political vitality and innovation.Yet, it is clear that such leaders generally do not exist in the European spectrum and thus the ordinary people are turning to extremists for salvation. Now the mainstream parties in Europe must see this as a wakeup call and respond.The EU seeks to pull through the economic crisis and until now has failed. The EU leaders have reflected on what direction to take in the future and have failed. It is sad that the 2014 elections for the European Parliament were the first since the Lisbon Treaty of 2009 that gave the European Parliament a number of important powers. The parliament will elect the next president of the European Commission and thus the newly elected people who actually do not believe in the Union will have a say.The political majority that emerges from the polls will also shape European legislations over the next five years in areas ranging from single market to civil liberties and trade issue to foreign policy. It will be a pillar of the European decision making system and for the first time will have an equal say with national governments on nearly all EU laws.That simply means those who detest even the mention of Turkish membership in the EU will be in a key position to reject our affiliation to the Union.One favorable point is that the ultra-right wing in the Parliament will be hard pressed to establish a united group and form a bloc. It needs 25 deputies from seven different member states to form a group. The Nationalist Front of Le Pen in France has enough deputies but they have to find six more allies from different countries. The United Kingdom Independence Party which made history by beating both the Tories and the Labor do not want to gang up with the Le Pen people because they are anti-Semitic. In turn Marie Le Pen does not want to forge an alliance with the Greek neo-Nazi group that also made headway in the polls.What is disturbing is the political trend that is emerging throughout Europe. On a continent where a xenophobia and Islamophobia is on the rise, the fact that ultra nationalists are being further encouraged by the voters is a dangerous development.So it is really not a matter of whether the political trends will push Turkey out of the EU membership ordeal completely or whether we want to enter such a Union at all costs, but it is more a matter of how these trends will further threaten our Turkish brethren living in all these countries and eventually how we will have to handle an antagonistic Europe that could further alienate Turkey.