Many French voters shocked at Le Pen's breakthrough

Many French voters say the result of the first round of voting has come as a shock. The far-right National Front of Marine Le Pen made sweeping gains across the country, mostly at the expense of the ruling Socialists of President Francois Hollande. “I am disappointed,” said one man. “We’re all disappointed in politics, we have all had enough of politics and no longer believe in it, the lies, people just thinking of themselves, they are somewhat selfish, there is a lot of abstention because of this, young people have no jobs, there’s nothing. “ “The [National Front] has taken advantage of the confusion and dissatisfaction but it doesn’t offer any viable solutions, their programme is not based on reality,” said another man. “This should be a message of peace and humanity that can be spread but apparently this is not the case,” said a woman. “I must admit I am a little confused.” A second round of voting is due to take place on Sunday December 13. French front page reaction to the result:(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));The shock breakthrough of the far right National Front in French regional elections has left the mainstream parties scrambling to counter the advance.Posted by euronews on Monday, December 7, 2015