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Poles, Czechs More Positive Toward U.S. Leadership

More approving than Europeans overall

November 21, 2008
One year after the United States initially proposed missile defense shields in Poland and the Czech Republic, Gallup found American leadership enjoying relatively high approval ratings in those countries compared to the European median.More ...

Italians Losing Confidence in Their Economic Conditions

Express lowest confidence of major European countries surveyed

November 5, 2008
Compared with other major European populations, Italians express the lowest confidence in current economic conditions. Italians surveyed in 2008 are also less likely to feel satisfied with their standard of living than they were in 2007.More ...

Europeans Perceive Stake in U.S. Election

Obama favored over McCain in many European countries

October 21, 2008
A median of 65% of respondents in 14 European countries say who is elected president of the United States makes a difference in their country, and respondents from all of these countries prefer Barack Obama to John McCain.More ...

Danes Increasingly Less Confident in Their Economy

Despite lower unemployment, only 48% see standard of living improving

September 30, 2008
Despite lower unemployment ratings, less than half of Danes (48%) tell Gallup their standard of living is improving, and even fewer (41%) perceive the economic conditions in their city to be improving.More ...

Little Confidence in Austria’s Government Before Collapse

Just 26% of Austrians expressed confidence, down sharply from 2006

August 26, 2008
According to a Gallup Poll conducted prior to the collapse of Austria’s coalition government in July, few Austrians expressed confidence in their national government (26%) -- a sharp decrease from 2006.More ...

Britons, French, Germans Solidly Back Obama

Most say it matters to their country who is elected U.S. president

July 23, 2008
No fewer than 6 in 10 citizens in France (64%), Germany (62%), and the United Kingdom (60%) say they’d personally like to see Barack Obama elected president of the United States, and even larger numbers say the outcome of the U.S. election makes a difference to their country.More ...

Many Balkan Residents Displeased With Road Conditions

A median of 53% are dissatisfied with the roads where they live

June 27, 2008
Gallup Polls conducted in the Balkan region reveal that a median of only 44% are satisfied with the roads and highways where they live.More ...

Fear Hampers Free Speech in Former Soviet Nations

Perception that many are afraid to voice political views rose in 2007

June 9, 2008
In many former Soviet republics, residents were more likely in 2007 than 2006 to say most or many people in their country are afraid to openly express their political views.More ...

Common Ground for Europeans and Muslims Among Them

Similar views on honor killings, crimes of passion, the death penalty

May 28, 2008
Muslims living in London, Berlin, and Paris share similar views to the public in each of these nations on the moral acceptability of the death penalty, honor killings, and crimes of passion.More ...

Religious Americans, European Muslims: Common Ground

Views on suicide, extra-marital affairs are similar

May 27, 2008
On the issues of extramarital sex and suicide, the opinions of Muslims in three European capital cities align more closely with those of religious Americans than they do with those of Europeans at large.More ...
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