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This is a list of major political scandals in France.

Until 1958

1789: Réveillon riots - popular revolt from April 26- 28, in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris. Considered a precursor to the Storming of the Bastille and the French Revolution.
1797: XYZ Affair - a political and diplomatic episode involving confrontation with the United States that led to the Quasi-War.
1816: shipwreck of and search for the French frigate Méduse off the west coast of Africa
1847: Teste-Cubières corruption scandal, revealed in May 1847
1847: Charles de Choiseul-Praslin's suicide after having murdered his wife, daughter of Horace Sébastiani, minister of the July Monarchy
1880s: Georges Ernest Boulanger affair
1887: Schnaebele incident
1887: Wilson scandal, which led to the resignation of President Jules Grévy^[1]
1890s: Panama scandals
1894: Dreyfus affair, treason conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, exposed by writer Émile Zola on 13 January 1898
1904: the Affair of the Cards, sometimes called the Affair of the Casseroles.
1928: Marthe Hanau affair
1930: Albert Oustric affair
1934: Stavisky Affair, embezzlement and political corruption
1949: the Generals Affair, a political-military scandal during the First Indochina War
1950: the Henri Martin Affair, a political-military scandal during the First Indochina War
1958: the ballets roses, a scandal most notably involving then President of the Senate, André Le Troquer, in which a group of girls aged 15 to 17 performed "ballets" that ended in orgies

Under the Fifth Republic

1965: the Ben Barka affair, disappearance of the Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka.
1968: The Markovic affair
1974:
- Eurodif affair
- Cardinal Jean Daniélou's death in the house of a prostitute
- Le Monde reveals the existence of the SAFARI government database, prompting the creation of the CNIL agency in charge of respect of civil rights and data privacy.
1979:
- Robert Boulin affair; a minister of the third Raymond Barre government, Boulin was found dead in mysterious circumstances on 30 October 1979
- Diamonds Affair involving Bokassa
1981: the Canard enchaîné uncovered the collaborationist role of former official Maurice Papon under Vichy France; the latter would eventually be convicted of crimes against humanity
1985: sinking of the Rainbow Warrior by the French DGSE intelligence agency
1986: Chernobyl disaster, Jacques Chirac's government wrongly alleged that the "radioactive cloud" had stopped at the French borders
1987–1988: Iskandar Safa and the Hostage Scandal involving Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Interior Minister Charles Pasqua
1980s: contaminated blood scandal^[2]
The Canard enchaîné satirical newspaper fought to bring to light evidence of alleged corruption during President Jacques Chirac's tenure as Mayor of Paris.^[3]
1990s: Angolagate (arms-for-oil scandal)
- La Fayette scandal
1994: Yann Piat affair; a former National Front MP, assassinated on 25 February 1994)
1994: Dauphiné News affair; Minister Alain Carignon indicted, later sentenced to 29 months in prison
1998: affair Elf-Dumas
1999: "Affair of the beach huts", leading to the arrest of prefect Bernard Bonnet
2005: the revelations of the Canard enchaîné on Finance Minister Hervé Gaymard's (UMP) lavish state-funded apartment led to his resignation in 2005
2006: Clearstream affair allegedly involving Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (UMP) accused of attempting to discredit his political rivals, including UMP Leader Nicolas Sarkozy, by spreading false allegations concerning the Taiwan frigates scandal.^[4]
Since 2010
- Bettencourt affair
- Karachi affair
- Sylvie Andrieux affair
- Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election
- Cahuzac affair
- 2012 UMP leadership election fraud accusations
- Thomas Thevenoud affair
- Kader Arif affair
- Bruno Le Roux affair
- Fillon affair
- Benalla affair
- Richard Ferrand affair

References

^ Peter N. Stearns, William Leonard Langer (2001). The Encyclopedia of World History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 494. ISBN 0-395-65237-5.
^ "Former French ministers go on trial in AIDS blood scandal - February 7, 1999". CNN. 1999-02-07. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
^ See: Chirac's role in Parisian corruption scandals.
^ "Timeline: France's Clearstream scandal". BBC News. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

External links

The Bettencourt/L'Oréal scandal Radio France Internationale in English
French politics no stranger to scandals Radio France Internationale in English
L'Oréal, scandals and the far right Radio France Internationale in English
Liste d'affaires politico-financières françaises List Of French Financial Political Scandals in French

[1] Peter N. Stearns, William Leonard Langer (2001). The Encyclopedia of World History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 494. ISBN 0-395-65237-5.

[2] "Former French ministers go on trial in AIDS blood scandal - February 7, 1999". CNN. 1999-02-07. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

[3] See: Chirac's role in Parisian corruption scandals.

[4] "Timeline: France's Clearstream scandal". BBC News. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

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+{{Short description|None}}
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-This is a list of major '''[[political scandal]]s in [[France]]''':
+This is a list of major [[political scandal]]s in [[France]].
 ==Until 1958==
+*1789: ''[[Réveillon riots]]'' - popular revolt from April 26- 28, in the [[Faubourg Saint-Antoine]], Paris. Considered a precursor to the [[Storming of the Bastille]] and the [[French Revolution]].
-*1816 - [[shipwreck]] of and search for French [[French frigate Méduse (1810)|frigate Medusa]] off the west coast of [[Africa]].
+*1797: [[XYZ Affair]] - a political and diplomatic episode involving confrontation with the United States that led to the [[Quasi-War]].
-*1847 - [[Jean-Baptiste Teste|Teste]]-[[Amédée Despans-Cubières|Cubières]] corruption scandal, revealed in May 1847
+*1816: [[shipwreck]] of and search for the {{ship|French frigate|Méduse|1810|6}} off the west coast of [[Africa]]
-*1847 - [[Charles de Choiseul-Praslin]]'s suicide after having murdered his wife, daughter of [[Horace Sébastiani]], Minister of the [[July Monarchy]].
+*1847: [[Jean-Baptiste Teste|Teste]]-[[Amédée Despans-Cubières|Cubières]] corruption scandal, revealed in May 1847
-*1880s - [[Boulanger Affair]]
+*1847: [[Charles de Choiseul-Praslin]]'s suicide after having murdered his wife, daughter of [[Horace Sébastiani]], minister of the [[July Monarchy]]
-*1887 - [[Schnaebele incident]]
+*1880s: [[Georges Ernest Boulanger]] affair
-*1887 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Wilson scandal|fr|3=Scandale des décorations}}, which led to the resignation of [[President of France|President]] [[Jules Grévy]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of World History|author=Peter N. Stearns, William Leonard Langer|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=2001|isbn=0-395-65237-5|page=494}}</ref>
-*1890s - [[Panama scandals]]
+*1887: [[Schnaebele incident]]
+*1887: Wilson scandal, which led to the resignation of [[President of France|President]] [[Jules Grévy]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of World History|author=Peter N. Stearns, William Leonard Langer|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=2001|isbn=0-395-65237-5|page=494}}</ref>
-*1894 - the [[Dreyfus Affair]], [[treason]] conviction of [[Alfred Dreyfus]] - exposed by writer [[Émile Zola]] on January 13, 1898.
-*1928 - [[Marthe Hanau]] affair
+*1890s: [[Panama scandals]]
+*1894: [[Dreyfus affair]], [[treason]] conviction of [[Alfred Dreyfus]], exposed by writer [[Émile Zola]] on 13 January 1898
-*1930 - [[Albert Oustric]] affair
-*1934 - the [[Stavisky Affair]], [[embezzlement]] and [[political corruption]].
+*1904: the [[Affair of the Cards]], sometimes called the Affair of the Casseroles.
+*1928: [[Marthe Hanau]] affair
-*1949 - the [[Generals Affair]], a political-military scandal during the [[First Indochina War]].
+*1930: [[Albert Oustric]] affair
-*1950 - the [[Henri Martin Affair]], a political-military scandal during the [[First Indochina War]].
+*1934: [[Stavisky Affair]], [[embezzlement]] and [[political corruption]]
-*1958 - the [[ballets roses]], a scandal most notably involving then President of the Senate, [[André Le Troquer]], in which a group of girls aged 15 to 17 performed "ballets" that ended in orgies.
+*1949: the [[Generals Affair]], a political-military scandal during the [[First Indochina War]]
+*1950: the [[Henri Martin Affair]], a political-military scandal during the [[First Indochina War]]
+*1958: the [[ballets roses]], a scandal most notably involving then President of the Senate, [[André Le Troquer]], in which a group of girls aged 15 to 17 performed "ballets" that ended in orgies
 ==Under the Fifth Republic==
 {{further|French Fifth Republic}}
-*1965 - the [[Ben Barka affair]], disappearance of the Moroccan opposition leader [[Mehdi Ben Barka]].
+*1965: the [[Ben Barka affair]], disappearance of the Moroccan opposition leader [[Mehdi Ben Barka]].
-*1968 - [[The Markovic affair]]
+*1968: [[The Markovic affair]]
-*1974
+*1974:
-**[[Eurodif]] Affair.
+**[[Eurodif]] affair
-**Cardinal [[Jean Daniélou]]'s death in the house of a prostitute (1974)
+**Cardinal [[Jean Daniélou]]'s death in the house of a prostitute
 **''[[Le Monde]]'' reveals the existence of the [[SAFARI]] [[government database]], prompting the creation of the [[CNIL]] agency in charge of respect of civil rights and [[data privacy]].
-*1979
+*1979:
-**[[:Robert Boulin|Robert Boulin Affair]] (Boulin was a minister of the third [[Raymond Barre]] government, found dead in mysterious circumstances on October 30, 1979)
+**[[Robert Boulin]] affair; a minister of the third [[Raymond Barre]] government, Boulin was found dead in mysterious circumstances on 30 October 1979
-**[[Diamonds Affair]] involving [[Bokassa]].
+**[[Diamonds Affair]] involving [[Bokassa]]
-*1981 - The ''[[Canard enchaîné]]'' uncovered the Collaborationist role of former Minister [[Maurice Papon]] under [[Vichy France]]. The latter will be eventually convicted of crimes against humanity.
+*1981: the ''[[Canard enchaîné]]'' uncovered the collaborationist role of former official [[Maurice Papon]] under [[Vichy France]]; the latter would eventually be convicted of crimes against humanity
-*1985 - [[Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior]] by the French [[DGSE]] intelligence agency
+*1985: [[sinking of the Rainbow Warrior]] by the French [[DGSE]] intelligence agency
-*1986 - [[Chernobyl disaster]]: [[Jacques Chirac]]'s government wrongly alleged that the "radioactive cloud" had stopped at the French borders.
+*1986: [[Chernobyl disaster]], [[Jacques Chirac]]'s government wrongly alleged that the "radioactive cloud" had stopped at the French borders
-*1987-1988 - [[Iskandar Safa]] and the Hostage Scandal involving Prime Minister [[Jacques Chirac]] and Interior Minister [[Charles Pasqua]].
+*1987–1988: [[Iskandar Safa]] and the Hostage Scandal involving Prime Minister [[Jacques Chirac]] and Interior Minister [[Charles Pasqua]]
-*1980s - [[Infected blood scandal (France)|Contaminated blood scandal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9902/07/france.blood/index.html |title=Former French ministers go on trial in AIDS blood scandal - February 7, 1999 |publisher=CNN |date=1999-02-07 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref>
+*1980s: [[Infected blood scandal (France)|contaminated blood scandal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9902/07/france.blood/index.html |title=Former French ministers go on trial in AIDS blood scandal - February 7, 1999 |publisher=CNN |date=1999-02-07 |access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref>
-*The ''[[Canard enchaîné]]'' satirical newspaper fought to bring to light evidence of alleged corruption during President [[Jacques Chirac]]'s tenure as mayor of Paris. (''see: [[Corruption scandals in the Paris region#Central role of Jacques Chirac|Chirac's role in Parisian corruption scandals]]'')
+*The ''[[Canard enchaîné]]'' satirical newspaper fought to bring to light evidence of alleged corruption during President [[Jacques Chirac]]'s tenure as Mayor of Paris.<ref>See: [[Corruption scandals in the Paris region#Central role of Jacques Chirac|Chirac's role in Parisian corruption scandals]].</ref>
-*1990s - [[Angolagate]] (arms-for-oil scandal)
+*1990s: [[Angolagate]] (arms-for-oil scandal)
-**{{Interlanguage link multi|Taiwan frigates scandal|fr|3=Affaire des frégates de Taïwan}} (aka [[La Fayette class frigate|La Fayette scandal]])
+**[[La Fayette-class frigate|''La Fayette'' scandal]]
-*1994 - [[:fr:Yann Piat|Yann Piat Affair]] (a former ''[[Front National (France)|Front National]]'' far-right MP, assassinated on February 25, 1994)
+*1994: [[Yann Piat]] affair; a former [[National Rally (France)|National Front]] MP, assassinated on 25 February 1994)
-*1994 - Affaire Dauphiné News (cabinet minister [[Alain Carignon]] indicted, and later sentenced to 29 months)
+*1994: Dauphiné News affair; Minister [[Alain Carignon]] indicted, later sentenced to 29 months in prison
-*1998 - Affair [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]]-[[Roland Dumas|Dumas]]
+*1998: affair [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]]-[[Roland Dumas|Dumas]]
-*1999 - "Affair of the beach huts", leading to the arrest of prefect [[Bernard Bonnet]]
+*1999: "Affair of the beach huts", leading to the arrest of prefect [[Bernard Bonnet]]
+*2005: the revelations of the [[Le Canard Enchaîné|''Canard enchaîné'']] on Finance Minister [[Hervé Gaymard]]'s ([[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]) lavish state-funded apartment led to his resignation in 2005
-*2005
+*2006: [[Clearstream affair]] allegedly involving Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] (UMP) accused of attempting to discredit his political rivals, including UMP Leader [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], by spreading false allegations concerning the [[Taiwan frigate scandal|Taiwan frigates scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4965734.stm|title=Timeline: France's Clearstream scandal|publisher=BBC News|access-date=6 February 2013}}</ref>
-**The revelations of the [[Le Canard Enchaîné|''Canard enchaîné'']] on Finance Minister [[Hervé Gaymard]]'s ([[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]) lavish state-funded apartment led to his resignation in 2005.
+* Since 2010
-*2006
-**[[Clearstream affair]] allegedly involving French prime minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] (UMP) accused of attempting to discredit his political rivals, including UMP leader [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], by spreading false allegations concerning the [[La Fayette class frigate#Taiwan frigates scandal|Taiwan frigates scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4965734.stm|title=Timeline: France's Clearstream scandal|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref>
-* From 2010
 ** [[Bettencourt affair]]
-** [[L'hippodrome de Compiègne affair]]
-** [[Carlton de Lille affair]]
-** [[Tramway de Bordeaux affair]]
-** [[Guérini affair]]
 ** [[Karachi affair]]
-** [[Sylvie Andrieux affair]]
+** [[Sylvie Andrieux]] affair
+** [[Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election]]
-** [[Woerth-Bettencourt affair]]
-** [[Sarkozy-Kadhafi affair]]
 ** [[Cahuzac affair]]
+** [[2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election|2012 UMP leadership election fraud accusations]]
-** [[Bygmalion affair]]
-** [[Thevenoud Thomas affair]]
+** [[Thomas Thevenoud]] affair
-** [[Arif Kader affair]]
+** [[Kader Arif]] affair
-** [[Fabius Thomas affair]]
+** [[Bruno Le Roux]] affair
-** [[Morelle Aquilino affair]]
 ** [[Fillon affair]]
 ** [[Benalla affair]]
+** [[Richard Ferrand]] affair
 ==See also==
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 *''[[Le Canard Enchaîné]]'', an investigative satirical newspaper which uncovered many scandals
 *[[Outreau affair]], a judicial scandal
+*[[Corruption in France]]
-'''General:'''
-* [[Corruption in France]]
 ==References==
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 * [http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20100708-will-bettencourt-scandal-help-far-right L'Oréal, scandals and the far right] Radio France Internationale in English
 * [[:fr:Liste d'affaires politico-financières françaises|Liste d'affaires politico-financières françaises]] List Of French Financial Political Scandals in French
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