French elections: your stories
French elections: end of a journey through an anxious nation
Jon Henley: My conversations with voters laid bare concerns about France's place in a changing world. Thanks to everyone who contributed
French elections: 'Here, immigration really and honestly isn't an issue'
French election: tales from a soup kitchen
French elections: 'Politicians live on another planet'
French elections: a teacher writes
Jon Henley is travelling through France to hear stories in the runup to the elections. An expat who teaches in Lille shares his fears of what the result will mean for education
French elections: 'A narrow victory for Sarkozy would be a disaster'
Jon Henley is travelling through France to hear stories in the runup to the elections. Near Toulouse, he meets people who will vote 'without much hope' for Hollande
French elections: I'm voting for Hollande but not expecting a revolution
French elections: 'So many people detest Nicolas Sarkozy'
Jon Henley is travelling through France to hear stories from across the country in the runup to the elections. Three residents explain their disillusionment with the current leader
French elections: 'Front National is different. The knee-jerk racists are out'
Jon Henley is travelling through France to hear stories from across the country in the runup to the elections. Here he talks to a leader of the Front National youth movement
'Marine Le Pen has presented a more acceptable face for the Front National'
Jon Henley is travelling through France to hear stories in the runup to the elections. In Carpentras, he talks to some of the people who delivered the far right's highest vote in the first round
French election stories: a village's swing from radical left to far right
Le Mas, which recently elected a leftwing mayor, cast 42% of its first-round presidential votes for the Front National
French elections: a choice between poverty and lack of freedom?
A teacher fears Sarkozy could bring more xenophobia, while a Hollande win could put France at the mercy of ratings agencies
French elections: the view from Marseille
France stands for something. But whatever that thing is, it has nothing to do with Nicolas Sarkozy, Jon Henley hears
France sees little on the horizon apart from the gloom
At least François Hollande is not Nicolas Sarkozy
French elections: tell me your stories
I will be travelling through France hoping to hear how people feel about the election and how the result might affect them
