- Exit polls have placed the hardline party as the country's most popular
- The ruling socialists appeared to trail well behind with just 14 per cent
- FN leader Marine Le Pen heralded victory for 'sovereign people of France'
- Prime Minister Manuel Valls described result as 'a shock, an earthquake'
- Le Pen called for French parliament to be dissolved to 'control borders'
It was the most striking of a number of successes for far-Right and anti-EU parties. Chillingly, there were signs a neo-Nazi candidate for the NPD party could be elected in Germany, giving the far-Right a foothold for the first time in decades.
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