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Francois Hollande: "This vote is there and it needs to be confronted"
European leaders are due to meet in Brussels to discuss the fallout of the recent EU elections, amid growing calls for changes to the union.
French President Francois Hollande, whose party was beaten by the far right, wants more focus on the economy.
UK PM David Cameron will try to pull power back from Brussels, after being beaten by the UK Independence Party.
Despite the rise of anti-establishment parties, pro-European parties still won most votes overall.
Vote 2014Full coverage of results
Tuesday's informal summit is the first opportunity for all 28 leaders to discuss the way forward after the game-changing European Parliament elections.
Many of those there will have faced a tough few days at home.
Francois Hollande has described his domestic results as "painful". The far-right National Front stormed to victory with a preliminary 25% of the vote, pushing Mr Hollande's Socialists into third place.
Mr Hollande - who has always been a champion of the EU - told French TV the union had become "remote and incomprehensible", and that it had overcome the crisis in the eurozone "but at what price? An austerity that has ended up disheartening the people".
Matthew Price, BBC News, Brussels
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How will EU leaders handle the Eurosceptic rise?
Europe has not "voted against the EU". The vast majority of those who bothered to cast a ballot did so for parties that are pro-EU.
Yes, the focus is understandably on France and the UK, with Denmark, Greece, and others also giving Euro-enthusiasts cause for concern. However in many countries mainstream parties dominated - in Germany, Italy, Poland where it was felt a growing Eurosceptic movement could break through, in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
So the results do not constitute a "problem" as such for the leaders of the EU. Many leaders will point this out around the dinner table tonight. Others, however, will stress that a sizeable chunk of voters chose parties that want "Brussels" to change, and that the EU needs to address this issue if it is to maintain popular support and legitimacy in the longer term.
Anti-EU forces overshadow Brussels talks
Mr Hollande said that at Tuesday's meeting he would "reaffirm that the priority is growth, jobs and investment".
But National Front President Marine Le Pen said her party would use its electoral mandate to "defend France" and fight "crazy measures like votes for immigrants".
The BBC's Matthew Price in Brussels says she made a direct challenge, not just to French politicians, but to Brussels too - saying it must listen to the people, and that the French had to protect their nation.
Mr Cameron, whose Conservative party lost seven seats in the European Parliament, said it was clear voters were "deeply disillusioned" with Europe and that the message had been "received and understood".
His party came third. UKIP took 27% of the vote, marking the first time in a century that a party other than the Conservatives or Labour had won a UK election.
But Mr Cameron insisted he would neither bring forward the date of an in/out referendum on UK withdrawal from the EU - scheduled for 2017 - nor seek a pact with UKIP.
In Germany, Angela Merkel - whose conservative Christian Democratic Union won a comfortable 35% of the vote - said it was now up to the established parties to win voters back by focusing on "improving competitiveness, on growth and creating jobs".
'Truly democratic debate'Despite the unprecedented Eurosceptic gains across the Union, Jose Manuel Barroso, outgoing president of the European Commission, insisted that the pro-EU blocs still had "a very solid and workable majority".
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David Cameron: "People are deeply disillusioned with the European Union"
The centre-right European People's Party appears set to win 213 out of the 751 seats, with 28.36% across the bloc, according to estimated results issued by the European Parliament. That would mean it remains the biggest group - but with more than 60 seats fewer than before.
The Socialist alliance has a projected 190 seats, with 25.3% of the vote, the Liberals 9% and the Greens 7%.
The Eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Democracy group appeared to have around 38 seats. But the number of non-attached right-wing MEPs is set to rise, boosting the Eurosceptic camp.
Mr Barroso said a "truly democratic debate" was needed to address the concerns of those who did not vote, or "voted in protest".
Turnout across Europe is estimated at 43.1%, the first time it has not fallen since the previous election - but it has only increased by 0.1%.
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The BBC's Jeremy Vine uses graphics to show how EU citizens voted
Result highlights (from European Parliament website):
- Italy Centre-left PM Matteo Renzi (above) scores strong 40%, fending off ex-comic Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment Five Star with 21%, and ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia with 17%
- France National Front take 25% of the vote at 24 seats; Centre-right UMP 21%; President Hollande's Socialists a poor third with 14% - lowest ever EP score
- Britain Eurosceptic UKIP in first place, with 27%, Labour on 25% and the Conservatives on 24%. Junior coalition partner Lib Dems lose 10 seats, retaining only one, Greens take 8%
- Germany Angela Merkel wins another election with 35% for her Christian Union, 27% for the centre-left SPD. Eurosceptic AfD score 7%. Neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) wins its first EU seat
- Greece Far-left Syriza wins 26% of the vote, PM Antonis Samaras' New Democracy on 23%. Far-right Golden Dawn score 9%. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras has asked the Greek president to call early national elections
- Sweden Social Democrats take 24%. Feminist Initiative becomes first feminist party to gain an EU seat
The election affects the lives of 500 million citizens.
The parliament's powers have expanded since the last election in 2009, and it is hoping to have a decisive say in who gets the EU's top job, president of the European Commission.
You can follow full coverage with all the latest updates at bbc.co.uk/vote2014.
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