Official results have confirmed the far-right National Rally’s victory over French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party in the European Parliament election.
France’s Interior Ministry published results based on 81% of the votes counted, placing Marine Le Pen’s party at 24.9% support and Mr Macron’s party at 21.5%.
The National Rally’s result appears close to its score at the previous 2014 European elections.
The green party EELV came in third position with 12.8% support.
France’s traditional parties, which were humiliated by Mr Marcon’s presidential win in 2017, were still far behind in Sunday’s vote, registering 8.3% for The Republicans conservative party to 6% for the Socialist party.