Britons the 'most faithful,' French the 'least faithful' partners in Europe [Telegraph]

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  1. World Press

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    Britons 'most faithful partners' in Europe

    Weeks after President François Hollande's affair with an actress was revealed, a Europe-wide survey has shown the French are the continent’s worst philanderers, while British are the least likely to cheat.

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    Italian men are in joint pole position with their French cousins, with 55 per cent of males from both countries saying that they have had sexual relations with a woman other than the person they were in a relationship with.

    British men scored far lower, but were shown to be no angels, with 42 per cent of them saying they had had an affair, according to the survey of nearly 5,000 people in six countries.

    The survey, carried out by polling firm IFOP for Gleeden, which claims to be the “premiere international dating website for married people”, comes just a few weeks after President Hollande was snapped leaving the home of actress Julie Gayet on a scooter.

    The photos, published in a celebrity gossip magazine, led to the collapse of the Socialist leader’s relationship with his long-time partner Valerie Trierweiler.

    “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," said Ifop director Francois Kraus.

    Mr Hollande and Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, who was last year 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," noted Kraus.

    The pollsters suggested a link between bed-hopping and religion, saying there was less evidence of cheating in "majority Protestant" countries.

    German men were slightly more promiscuous than their British counterparts, with 46 per cent of them admitting to infidelity, while the Belgians, at 51 per cent, beat the Spanish at 50 per cent.


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    It's interesting that this has (presumably) been ruled "on topic" for an Anglican forum, not least because there are relatively few British posters here.
     
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    I find it hard to believe! I did thirty years in industry and I found it amazing what went on. Neither was it all on the shop floor ,management was just as bad, or even worse, not even discrete!
     
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    Britons 'most faithful partners' in Europe????

    I worked in industry at one time, eons ago. After reading the above posting and I can't believe it is true! Neither was it simply the people on the shop floor the management did their part !
     
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    In my many years at work, I had three "devout Christian" bosses, two Anglican and one Methodist. Two of them were lay readers. All three were serial adulterers. :(