Events in Toulouse have changed the French presidential race. They represent an opportunity and risk for all the candidates, and voters are expected to turn out in record numbers.<br /><br />One poll suggested French President Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election chances are improving, and on Thursday the French President announced plans to jail people who published extremist views online.<br /><br />Francois Hollande, Sarkozy main socialist challenger, paid homage to the work of the police.<br /><br />But in the capital Paris, ordinary voters say the actions of the lone gunman were not going to change their voting intentions or the issues.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Paris.
