France election: Candidates to spar in TV debate

France’s five main presidential candidates will go head-to-head in a television debate on Monday night. It’s the first time in a French election that a debate has been held before the first round of voting.

France’s five main presidential candidates will go head-to-head in a television debate on Monday night.

It’s the first time in a French election that a debate has been held before the first round of voting.

Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Paris.