France is taking a step closer to electing its next President today.

Voters are at the polls to select the Republican nominee.

The former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe and the ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy are the current front-runners for the centre-right party.

French President Francois Hollande has yet to announce whether he will run.

His popularity ratings are the worst of any post-war French leader.

His support among voters has dropped to 4% in one recent poll.