Only 29 per cent of people see the latest scandals, from former Minister Jérôme Cahuzac’s offshore bank accounts to the arbitration award granted to business tycoon Bernard Tapie, as isolated cases.
But it's not just honesty that carries weight, according to the BVA survey released Friday.
For the majority of the French, competence is more important (38 per cent compared 28 per cent).
While just under 60 per cent of left-leaning French
Dossier - The Bettencourt scandal
people cited widespread corruption, two-thirds of the right consider political personalities corrupt.
This was the reverse during Sarkozy’s era during the beginning of the Liliane Bettencourt scandal.
France's socialist President François Hollande vowed to clean up politics when he was elected and made his ministers sign an anti-corruption pledge.
However, ongoing scandals continue to tarnish French politics.
