France’s 2017 presidential election is being held amid unprecedented security measures. The Interior Ministry has deployed 50,000 police officers and gendarmes to secure polling stations during Sunday’s vote. In Paris, some 12,000 police officers and soldiers from Operation Sentinel – created by the army in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in January 2015 and the subsequent Paris terrorist attacks – will also provide security in the French capital and its suburbs.
