French President Francois Hollande asked the European Union to reduce its role where it was “not necessary” on Monday.

He made the remarks after his Socialist Party was beaten by the far-right National Front Party which is headed by Marine Le Pen in the elections.

Hollande also said that the EU had become too complex and remote.

«Europe has to be simple, clear, to be effective where it is needed and to withdraw from where it is not necessary,» he said while speaking on French TV.

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, whose Conservative Party lost seven seats, said EU leaders should learn from the election results.

He added that the turnout and results of the elections show the need for reforms in employment and growth.

Cameron’s party won 19 seats in the 751-seat European Parliament while the Euroskeptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) won 24 seats and the Labor Party won 20 seats.

Although German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats Party won a victory in Germany, she hailed the success of far-right parties in the European Parliament elections as «remarkable and regrettable”.

On May 25, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso called on pro-EU groups to come together following huge gains by Euroskeptics in the European Parliament elections that wrapped up on Sunday.

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