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Now playing Next no comment President Francois Hollande votes in French election The incumbent Socialist president made the unusual move last year of pledging to not stand for re-election. 23/04/2017
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Now playing Next France French election: early voting in overseas territories and other countries French overseas territories and the country’s nationals abroad have been casting their ballots in the presidential election ahead of the vote on the mainland. 23/04/2017
Now playing Next France France's overseas territories begin voting in presidential ballot Early voting has begun in France’s overseas territories for the first round of the country’s most closely-fought presidential race in decades. 22/04/2017
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Now playing Next France Avoid Clinton vs Trump tragedy, American actors urge French voters Actors including Danny Glover and Mark Ruffalo and intellectual Noam Chomsky have launched a petition urging “progressive” French voters to rally "behind the Left candidate with the most support in th 20/04/2017
Now playing Next Germany Germany: anti-immigration AfD Party leader to step down Frauke Petry, the leader of Germany’s anti-immigration AfD, says she does not want to lead the party’s election campaign. 19/04/2017