bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

sponsorType

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

When even their president is caught sneaking around behind his partner's back, it's not surprising to find the French topping a poll for infidelity, alongside the equally hot-blooded Italians.
Fifty-five per cent from France and Italy admitted cheating on their partners, along with one in three women.
The poll by the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) comes after President Francois Hollande was snapped leaving the home of actress Julie Gayet on a scooter. The photos led to the collapse of his relationship with long-time partner Valerie Trierweiler and a torrent of worldwide comment about Catholic France's attitudes to fidelity.
The pollsters suggested a link between bed-hopping and religion, saying there was less evidence of cheating in "majority Protestant" countries. Only 42 per cent of Britons and 46 per cent in Germany admitted to having an affair.

"After all the noise about 'L'Affaire Gayet', and all the articles in the international press about the fickle nature of the French, this seems to confirm the clichés about Latin males," Ifop director Francois Kraus said.
Hollande and Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, convicted of paying for sex with an underage prostitute at one of his infamous "bunga bunga parties", are "ultimately quite representative of their respective nations", Kraus added.
Infidelity is most evenly distributed between the sexes in Germany, where 43 per cent of women admit to having had an affair. The figure is 34 per cent in Italy, 32 per cent in France and 29 per cent in Britain.
The French also remain the most casual about flings, with 35 per cent saying they may cheat again, against 31 per cent of Germans and Spaniards, 28 per cent of Italians, and a quarter of Brits.


Latin males really are libidinous, with 55pc in France admitting affairs

Fifty-five per cent from France and Italy admitted cheating on their partners. A couple embraces as they enjoy sunset on the Pont des Arts with padlocks clipped by lovers. Photo: Reuters

French President Francois Hollande (right) and actress Julie Gayet. Photos: AFP

News

World