France's presidential election

economist.com — Our new blog The presidential race François Hollande Nicolas Sarkozy Marine Le Pen France and Germany The economy Foreign policy A ghastly killing spree interrupts the presidential campaign This page brings together our articles, blog posts and multimedia items on France's coming election First round (CSA): Second round (CSA): ENA still has a strong hold on French public life
Melenchon has leapt into third place in first-round polling, as our snazzy new France election page shows. t.co/ztfkigld
also, a French-election channel page - one-stop shop for best of our coverage in print + online. t.co/ztfkigld