on thursday night by a lone gunman, with an automatic weapon, targeting policemen in the heart of paris. xavier was on duty near the bataclan during the 2015 paris attacks and went back for a concert when the hall reopened one year on, where he spoke to a bbc reporter. that s why we are here with my friend, to celebrate life, and to say no to terrorism. but police unions say their members need protecting from everyday risks, too exhaustion, overwork and stress. the state of emergency following a string of attacks here has taken its toll. boosting police numbers has been an issue for the presidential campaigns. but this election has gone beyond questions of security, the economy, or immigration. it has opened up a debate about the meaning of french values, and how to define being french. this campaign has offered voters vastly different visions for theirfuture, and the race between candidates has been tight. so why are so many people expected to abstain? when you ask them wh
there is high security across france, as the country prepares for the first round of its presidential election in just a few hours. 50,000 police officers and 7,000 soldiers are being deployed, following the death of a policeman in a shooting on thursday. it is one of the most important and unpredictable elections in recent years. james reynolds reports from paris. no one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running not for a vote but for a football match. 0n the eve of the election, psg player home game. it was a final test of the capital s security, before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that has happened. translation: for us, the people down there, we will never have anything. so no matter who is the president, it doesn t matter. it will always be the same for us. the campaign has b
at your phone and change the world. strawberries in a massive box. and fancy working in an enormous train station? i don t know if you have noticed, but there seems to have been a lot of election talk of late. this week, click is taking a trip to paris, where this weekend, the french take to the polls in the first round of their presidential election. and curiously, from a technology point of view, the way we vote seems, if anything, to be going backwards. in the last election, france did allow online voting for those living overseas. but not this time. for both the presidential elections and the legislative elections injune, it is back to pen and paper. and that is due to the fear of cyber attacks, which the french national cyber security agency says are an extremely high risk. queues of people, paper voting surely there has to be a better way. well, we asked bbc newsbeat‘s political editor jonathan blake to have a look. ancient institutions and modern technology the
there s high security across france as the country prepares for the first round of its presidential election in just a few hours. 50,000 police officers and 7,000 soldiers are being deployed following the death of a policeman in a shooting on thursday. it s one of the most important and unpredictable elections in recent years. james reynolds reports from paris. no one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running not for a vote, but for a football match. 0n the eve of the election, paris st germain played a home game. it was a final test of the capital s security before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that s happened. translation: for us, the people down there, we will never have anything. so no matter who is the president, it doesn t matter. it will always be the same for us. translation: the campaign has been nece
the week in parliament, when theresa may went public with the best kept secret in westminster. i have just chaired a meeting with the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election, to be held on the 8th ofjune. 0pposition parties say they welcome the fight, but. this is a prime minister who promised there wouldn t be one. a prime minister who cannot be trusted. meanwhile in holyrood, the snp and the conservatives square up over scotland s future. but it wasn t all about the general election. in the commons, there was concern over the nuclear ambitions of north korea. and condemnation of the alleged death, detention, and torture of gay men in chechnya. others would join in beating him with sticks or metal rods and demanding to know the names of other gay men that he knew in chechnya. but first: on paper, it had looked like mps were set for a gentle return after easter with just a little light legislating to keep them busy in the the chamber. peers,