people have not moved for over an hour dow to electron -- due to len torontoic voting machine malfunctions. the ruling party is expected to retain to your. >> france's foreign minister has urged a resolution of the israeli-palestinian flinth in two years. he said france would work within the u.n. security council on a thing that could lead to a lasting settlement. they made a symbolic motion to recognize palestine as a state. here is more. >> it is a purely symbolic vote. they have been discussing a bill that could recognize a minute state a sensitive issue for france which is home to the largest jewish communities in the country. she stressed the urgency of such a vote. >> since the peace accord of 1993 it is only the two-state solution that can bring about peace. as long as the colonization continues, the idea of a palestinian state becomes more and mauer unlikely. backed by the greens and far left, the initiative is expected to pass comfortably when it goes to vote next tuesday. this despite strong objections from the center right u.m.p. party. >> this initiative by the socialist party