Emmanuel Macron has said he will dissolve France's National Assembly and is calling for a snap election, APA reports citing Sky News.
In elections to the European Parliament, Marine le Pen's National Rally party won about 32% of the vote - a 10 point increase on the last EU election in 2019.
It is also more than double the 15% taken by Mr Macron's Renaissance party, according to exit polls.
The French president said he could not "pretend nothing had happened" and admitted the EU election was "no good" for his government.
The "rise of nationalists" is a danger to France and to Europe, he said.
Speaking at the Elysee Palace, Mr Macron said: "I've decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote.
"I am therefore dissolving the National Assembly."
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