Tomorrow French citizens vote in a direct election for the next French president. The two out of 12 candidates with the highest number of votes (unless one gets more than 50% in the first round) will go into a second decisive election round, the famous "deuxième tour" on May 6th.
Crédit Photo : TF1/LCI
Biggest chances to make the second round among the above 12 candidates on the voting list are given to Nicolas Sarkozy ("Center-right", 52 years old, third line, left column, dreaming openly since 51 years of becoming French president) and Segolene Royal (Socialist, 53, second line, right column) but French pre-election polls have been wrong 5 years ago when the extreme right-wing candidate Le Pen made it unpredicted into the second round, leading to a big shock and a huge mobilization of voters in the second round.
So excuse me for a second, I need to have a word with my French readers : Allez voter ! Ne pas voter n'est pas une option ! Souvenez vous de 2002, et aussi pensez a toutes ces pays ou on lutte pour avoir la démocratie. Ne jettez pas ce droit precieux ! 
Obviously there is no other topic in the French news any more... I am looking forward to the end of the campaign, the end of the publication and discussion of 100 daily latest polls and to the new president shaking up this country a bit (hopefully in a positive direction).
The most original and eye-catching newspaper title this morning was the one of "Liberation". No photos, no names, just the political direction to vote "à gauche" (left).
To quote a CNN.com article "No matter who makes it, France is bound to change".
To quote the German weekly "stern" : "No matter who wins the election, almost nothing is going to change in France."
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