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France and Great Britain urged for reform in the European Union, on Tuesday in Brussels, following serious gains made by anti-EU parties in the European elections this past Sunday.
"One of four French voters chose the National Front (FN), it reflects a problem but it is a problem for Europe, not just for France," said French President Francois Hollande, ahead of an EU leaders’ meeting in Brussels.
"We need an approach that recognizes that Brussels has got too bossy, too big, too interfering," said United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron. "We need more for nation states."
France’s far-right National Front party won Sunday’s European Parliament elections with 25 percent of the vote. Hollande’s Socialist Party came third with only 14 percent. In the UK, anti-EU UK Independence party (UKIP) also claimed victory with 27 percent of the vote.
"If Europe does not respond to Europeans' expectations in the future, they will vote again, in France and elsewhere, against Europe," said Hollande.
David Cameron agreed with Hollande, adding: "It is a very clear message. The EU cannot shrug off these results and carry on as before. We need change."
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