The TGV not just a high-speed rail network - it’s a source of French national pride. The new TGV East line runs from Paris to Strasbourg and beyond, connecting part of the country that has had to rely on the old slow trains.

In a three-part audio slideshow, Paris correspondent Adam Jones and photographer Ben Stansall travel along the new rail route from Paris to Strasbourg to explore some of the issues that will decide the presidential race, stopping at Disneyland Paris and Rheims along the way.