Politics in the Netherlands is in flux. The Dutch electorate is highly volatile, and the results of the 2024 European Parliament (EP) elections were another demonstration of these changing times. In the Netherlands, the tenth direct EP elections took place in the shadow of a change that had just occurred six months earlier, when the Dutch national parliamentary elections resulted in a major win for the far-right party Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV), led by Geert Wilders. The EP election campaign took place in the final days of the coalition formation. This unique political situation coloured the outlook of Dutch voters. As a result, the EP election campaigns did not manage to attract much attention from voters. Of all the issues, for many, migration was the most salient. In the run-up to the EP elections, polls predicted strong support for extreme right, anti-European sentiments. Once the elections were over, the outcome was somewhat surprising: turnout was slightly higher than expected and the two major left-leaning parties (Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) and GroenLinks (Green left), that ran a joint party list, secured the most seats, with the far-right PVV in second place.