France's anti-immigrant Front National (FN) party has made big gains in local elections.

Voters punished President Francois Hollande for failing to tackle the jobless rate of just above 10 per cent.

Leader Marine Le Pen called it a breakthrough for her anti-EU party.

"Generally, a lot of French people are disgusted by their political class," she said. "But they fall into the trap of abstaining. They need to show this disgust by taking action to change their representatives," Le Pen added.

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