 Half an hour ago, and there is expected to be, not just here but across the whole of France, a pretty high turnout in an election that many French people were not expecting for another few years, but turnout expected to be high, even though an awful lot of people had pre-booked summer holidays and are away at the moment. Proxy voting is the highest it's been for some time. That is where people who can't vote in person allocate someone they trust to cast a vote on their behalf.