In Austria, it has just been confirmed after a knife-edge election count that independent green candidate Alexander van der Bellen has defeated the Freedom Party of Austria's Norbert Hofer. What is just as significant about the actual result is that the candidates of Austria's two mainstream political parties were knocked out of the top two spots by van der Bellen and Hofer.
Hofer is a Euroskeptic who said during the campaign that he would not attend EU summits if elected, and that "Islam has no place in Austria". But like many Euroskeptics, he has expressed opposition to free trade deals. Or, as the BBC article I linked to above explains:
I suspect that we will see stories like this play out many times over the next few years."Austria First" is the Freedom Party slogan. They describe themselves as a party of the centre, of the Austrian people, neither right nor left wing.
That's something Marine Le Pen of France likes to say about her National Front party too.
And like the French National Front, the Freedom Party has invested in a makeover in order to appeal to discontented mainstream voters.
Despite failing to make it to the presidential palace, it will interpret this vote as a huge success.
Once relegated to the far-right fringes, the Freedom Party is now deemed politically viable by half of all Austrian voters.
"This is far more a European problem than an Austrian problem, Austrian diplomat Wolfgang Petritsch told me. "These parties have managed to make it OK, normal to vote for them. It's not a big deal anymore. And that is what is so dangerous."
The Freedom Party is now looking ahead to Austria's general election.
It is currently polling as the country's most popular party.
Conceding defeat today, Mr Hofer said his party would live to fight another day.
"Of course I am saddened," he said on Facebook. "But please don't be disheartened. The effort in this election campaign is not wasted. It is an investment for the future."
But Hannes Androsch is dismissive.
"Yes, they've made it to the mainstream as a party of protest," he told me "But building up Austria to be a fairytale castle that needs to be defended is no plan for the future.
"This is a wake-up call for the traditional parties in Austria - and in Europe as a whole - to address their voters' concerns.
"But the window of opportunity to do this is a narrow one."