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The European parliamentary elections have drawn to a close bringing major gains for both Eurosceptic and Far Right movements. The results have dealt a blow to governments, with the French PM even calling the result "a political earthquake."

The most major anti-EU public mood was demonstrated in France, where Marine Le Pen's far right National Front scored more than a quarter of the votes cast. Without even waiting for the final figures, French PM Manuel Valls announced on national television that such a result for the anti-EU party was a political "earthquake" for France - and the entire Europe.

"The sovereign people have declared they want to take back the reins of their destiny," said Marine Le Pen. "Our people demand just one politics. The politics of the French, for the French."

Marine Le Pen
© Reuters / Christian HartmannMarine Le Pen, France's National Front political party head, reacts to results after the polls closed in the European Parliament elections at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, near Paris, May 25, 2014.
Eurosceptic and far-right parties were also showing gains in Greece and Denmark, as well as the UK and Italy.

Greece's leftist Syriza, which opposes the austerity measures was expected to get 26.7% of the vote, beating the center-right New Democracy of Premier Antonis Samaras. At the same time the far-right Golden Dawn party was receiving 9% of the vote.

In Germany eurosceptic AfD was getting only 6.8%, while according to exit-polls Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union was winning with 36% of the vote.

European Parliament election results
© AFP Photo / John ThysThe number of seats gained by each party appears on the screen of the hemicycle of the European Parliament, in Brussels, during the announcement of the European elections results on May 25, 2014.
According to preliminary results the centre-right European People's Party, led by former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, was still on track to win the elections and get 212 seats in the European parliament - down from 274 seats. The center-left Socialists and Democrats were projected to grab 185 - down from current 196. The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats was expected to get 71 seats - down from 83.

Although pro-European parties are still holding the vast majority of the seats in the parliament, larger number of anti-EU lawmakers may increase disagreements and complicate passing unpopular measures on which mainstream parties are divided.

Turn-out rates at the elections - an indicator of how engaged the public feels with Europe - remained virtually unchanged from 43 percent back in 2009. However, while some countries showed better turnouts, in others it plummeted - like in Slovakia, where a record low of 13% of eligible voters cast their ballots.