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Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 57 No. 1, 2004, 24-40
© Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government 2004; all rights reserved

‘Vive La Différence’? The Mediation of Politicians' Public Images and Private Lives in France

Raymond Kuhn

France exhibits some of the same tendencies in political self-promotion and media intrusion as other advanced liberal democracies, with greater emphasis on marketing and image projection by politicians and a more investigative media than in the past. The cross-national differences, however, are even more pronounced. First, there is a high level of legal protection of individual privacy, including that of politicians. Second, there is a lack of a ‘tabloid culture’ among mainstream news media. Third, French public opinion is unwilling to regard aspects of a politician's private life as part of the public domain. As a result, although the dividing line between politicians' public images and private lives has become less clear-cut over time, the distinction still remains more marked in France than in Britain or the United States.


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