The French electorate goes to the polls to decide who will be their next president with the economy and national security high on the agenda. The election comes just a few weeks after the shooting in Toulouse shook France. Will the electorate see the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen as a viable alternative to Nicolas Sarkozy? Or will it be the Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande who benefits?
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The BBC's former Paris correspondent, Newshour host James Coomarasamy, presents special coverage of the election from. We'll have results, reaction and analysis from across France and beyond in a special three-hour show.