France votes as Sarkozy faces defeat after one term

  • 12 years ago
Millions of French voters turned out Sunday for the first round of a presidential poll that is expected to see the left oust Nicolas Sarkozy after only one turbulent term in office. The left has not won a presidential election in a quarter of a century, but with France mired in low growth and rising joblessness, opinion polls show Socialist challenger Francois Hollande beating the right-wing incumbent. Duration: 01:35