THE INTERVIEW - Historian Jean Garrigues: 'French people are used to scandals'
On July 2, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under investigation for corruption and influence-peddling. It's the kind of case that leaves millions of French people much more distrustful of their rulers. But French political scandals are nothing new. In his latest book, historian Jean Garrigues traces a long tradition of impunity for powerful people in France. He asks what these scandals reveal about the French political system.
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