France has claimed the position of the country least trusted
by its people, according to an influential survey by the world's largest public
relations firm.
A thumping 72 percent of the French population agrees that
the institutional system is failing them, placing the country in joint last
position alongside neighboring Italy, according to the 2017 Edelman Trust
Barometer.
Immigration, globalization and eroding social values are
highlighted as underpinning the negative results, revealing a disheartening
sentiment ahead of this spring's French presidential election.
The research warns of the consequences playing out in both
France and other countries where public disillusion is heightened.
"Countries that combine a lack of faith in the system
with deep societal fears, such as France, Italy, South Africa, the U.S. and
Mexico, are electing or moving towards populist candidates," reads the
research.
The disappointment also extends beyond the least
enfranchised to the better-off elements of French society. While only a very
weak 38 percent of the mass population trust institutions in France, a mere 56
percent of the category described as the 'informed public' still maintains its
faith in the same institutions.
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