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The Week in Germany: Current Affairs April 4, 2008 Germany Tops Global Popularity Poll
A BBC study shows that Germany has a better image abroad than any other large country in the world. According to the survey, conducted across a total of 34 countries, the global view of Germany's influence is predominantly positive. On average, 56 percent of people questioned had a positive opinion of Germany, compared to only 18 percent who did not. The BBC World Service Poll has been tracking opinion across the globe since 2005, with 23 countries regularly polled while others change from year to year. This year is the first time that it included Germany and it discovered that Germany is viewed more positively than negatively in all 34 countries surveyed - something no other country in the survey can boast. These latest results are based on 17,457 in-home or telephone interviews conducted by the international polling firm GlobeScan together with the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland. GlobeScan coordinated fieldwork between Oct. 31, 2007 and Jan. 25, 2008. Germany enjoys the highest opinion in its European partner countries: 82 percent of Italians, 74 percent of French and 62 percent of British people had a favorable view of the country. (TWIG/GlobeScan/wire reports) Global Views of USA Improve (all the GlobeScan/BBC poll findings) |
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