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France Goes to the Polls
The polls are open in France as voting in the first round of the presidential election gets underway
French citizens are going to the polls for the first round of voting for the new French president. The two candidates with the most votes will go head to head in a second voting round on 7th May.
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(Image: French voter registration cards for the 2017 French presidential elections are seen on 20th April 2017. Credit: Chesnot/Getty Images)
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