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The 13 May Sound Kitchen quiz
13/05/2012 - The Sound Kitchen

The 13 May Sound Kitchen quiz

Put on your thinking caps … it’s time for the quiz. You’ll hear great music and listener’s letters, too … don’t miss it!

Non-Europeans living in France to vote in local elections? Hollande for, Sarkozy against.
30/04/2012 - World news explained

Non-Europeans living in France to vote in local elections? Hollande for, Sarkozy against.

One of the hot issues ahead of Sunday's final round in the French presidential election is whether to give non-European Union citizens living in France the right to vote in French local elections ...

25/04/2012

French press review 25 April 2012

The crucial question, with 11 days to go to the second round in the French presidential election, would appear to be which of the two survivors will manage to attract the most votes from the ...

22/04/2012 - France

Slideshow: French presidential election - the voters speak

Voters on the outskirts of Paris follow traditional left-right divisions. But those voting for minority candidates seem more enthusiastic than those supporting the front-runners.

21/04/2012 - France

French presidential vote already underway in far-flung overseas territories

Voting in the French presidential elections has already begun in France’s overseas departments and territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans where 882,000 people enjoy full ...

Attempts to get the voters out for Sunday's French presidential elections
20/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

Attempts to get the voters out for Sunday's French presidential elections

With just two days to go to the first round of the French presidential election, there is still uncertainty about how many people will actually turn out to cast their ballots.

Meet the voters of Henin Beaumont, Front National presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's stronghold
19/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

Meet the voters of Henin Beaumont, Front National presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's stronghold

With the first round of the French presidential election coming up on Sunday, this week we take a tour of France, to see what the voters are interested in.

Strasbourg hangs on to language rights in presidential poll
18/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

Strasbourg hangs on to language rights in presidential poll

With the first round of the French presidential election coming up on Sunday, this week we are taking a tour of France, to see what some of the issues are for voters.

17/04/2012 - French presidential election 2012

Chirac to vote Hollande in French presidential election, report

France’s former right-wing president Jacques Chirac is to vote for Socialist François Hollande in this month’s presidential election, according to the historian who is helping ...

Young French voters weigh up presidential options
17/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

Young French voters weigh up presidential options

French voters go to the polls this Sunday for the first round of the presidential elections with Socialist François Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy leading the field.

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