In France, a surprisingly large number of people, probably because our reputation for bending rules is well-deserved. The number of high profile politicians who

In France, a surprisingly large number of people, probably because our reputation for bending rules is well-deserved. The number of high profile politicians who got re-elected after being sentenced is very high. Alain Juppe was even about to run for president, in spite of not having an exactly pristine record. If you're curious about the kind of surreal scandals which happened 25 years ago, the helicopter affair is my favorite one (you'll have to scroll down to the 'controversial' section) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Toubon?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Toubon?wprov=sfla1 It's no surprise in this context that it took forever to sentence Jacques Chirac! Things have been slowly changing over the past 10 years though, with popular opinion being less tolerant.