People broadly view the EU favorably, both in member states and elsewhere
Across 24 countries surveyed, a median of 66% give the EU a positive rating, while 29% give it a negative one.
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Across 24 countries surveyed, a median of 66% give the EU a positive rating, while 29% give it a negative one.
Nearly half of Americans (47%) say that the United States’ influence in the world has been getting weaker in recent years.
Globally, people tend to express little confidence in President Vladimir Putin’s ability to do the right thing regarding world affairs.
Germans are increasingly negative about their relationship with the U.S. Also, Germans are more comfortable than Americans with globalization.
Views of the U.S. are favorable across many of the 33 countries we surveyed in 2019, although confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump is low.
Majorities in all but one of 10 European countries had no confidence in Xi Jinping to do the right thing regarding world affairs in a 2018 survey.
China is particularly well-liked in Latin America and the Middle East, while the U.S. fares better in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
In six of seven European Union countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center, roughly a third or less of young people born after 1980 have a favorable opinion of Russia.
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