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• April 22: French Centrist presidential candidate Francois Bayrou opens a bottle of wine in his home at Borderes after he casts his ballot for the first round of the presidential election in Pau, south of France.
• April 22: French Socialist presidential hopeful Segolene Royal takes a break with local residents in Melle, southwestern France, during the first round of the French elections.
• April 22: French conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, left, casts his ballot for the presidential election in Neuilly sur Seine, outside Paris.
• April 20: Extreme-left candidate Olivier Besancenot speaks during a campaign rally in Toulouse, France.
• April 22: French President Jacques Chirac votes in the first round of the presidential elections in Sarran, central France.
• April 22: Voters accompanied by their children make their choice in a polling booth at the French Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, as they vote in first round of France’s presidential elections.
• April 22: French voters line up to cast their votes in the presidential election in Melle, western France.
• April 22: A young girl peers out of a polling booth in Melle, western France.
• April 22: An unidentified French woman holds a baguette and a ballot before voting for president in Saint-Cloud, outside Paris.
• April 22: A woman, unseen, holds her dog and voting card before casting her ballot for the presidential election in Neuilly sur Seine, outside Paris.
• April 22: French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen waves after voting in the presidential election in Saint-Cloud, outside Paris.
• April 22: French Israelis queue to vote in the first round of the French elections outside the French consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel.
• April 22: A Trappist monk of the Mont des Cats abbey in Godewaersvelde near Lille, northern France, has his election card returned after casting his vote in the first round of the French elections.
• April 22: Trappist monks of the Mont des Cats abbey queue to vote in the first round of the French elections in Godewaersvelde near Lille, northern France.
• April 21: A passerby walks past electoral posters on the eve of the first round of the presidential elections in Paris.