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Germany tops popularity poll of world's main nations
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 23 - 05 - 2013


Germany topped a worldwide popularity poll of
nations that was released Thursday, nudging aside last year's winner,
Japan, in a survey that was conducted by pollsters in 25 nations, dpa reported.
The Country Ratings Poll, commissioned by the BBC, asked
respondents to rate 16 countries and the European Union on whether
their influence in the world was "mainly positive" or "mainly
negative." Germany's positive rating was 59 per cent with only 15 per
cent rating it negatively.
Canada and Britain were the second- and third-most admired as both
scored 55-per-cent positive ratings, but Canada was 13 per cent on
the negative side and Britain 18 per cent. Japan was down to fourth
place with 51 per cent positive and 27 per cent negative.
Iran and Pakistan rated lowest at 15 per cent positive, below
North Korea (19 per cent) in the 26,000-person survey.
Germany topped the annual survey for the BBC World Service back in
2011 with 60 per cent then dropped last year to 56 per cent.
The Germans, most of whom have grown up assuming they are unloved
abroad, are constantly surprised by such findings. Many have been
deeply hurt recently by news images of Greek and Spanish protesters
accusing Chancellor Angela Merkel of acting like a leader in the
Third Reich.
The fact that it now regularly rates in the top tier comes amid
growing media attention in Germany to signs that even former enemies
like Britain and France now admire Germany not just for its export
prowess but also for its steady-but-slow role on the world stage.
With bipartisan support, German taxpayers have carried the main
burden of bailing out Greece, Spain and other nations in the eurozone
debt crisis. Voter satisfaction with Merkel is seen as likely to
secure her a third chancellorship in an election this September.
The BBC poll showed that positive views of China and India had
fallen sharply around the world. After a period of improvement, views
of China, now at ninth, sank to their lowest level since polling
began in 2005.


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