► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://on.ft.com/2eZZoLI<br /><br />► Watch 'How France elects its president and the National Assembly' and more on FT.com: http://on.ft.com/2n15jj2<br /><br />The first vote in France's two-round presidential election will take place on April 23. FT Paris bureau chief Anne-Sylvaine Chassany explains how the country will choose its president and, shortly after, its lower house of parliament.<br /><br />► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br /><br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes