PalenQ

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22624104

So says a BBC survey that asked people in EU countries plus 16 other countries about there views of these countries and Germany came out tops, coming a long long ways from the days of Nazism, etc.

Canada was #2 and the U K 3rd - USA 7th, trailing #4 Japan and #5 France and even #6 Brazil (perhaps the World Cup influenced Brazil's positive glow?)

Least positively viewed - Iran, Israel and North Korea.

Cowboy1968

As the BBC in infallible I refrain from any comment

PalenQ

Don't you live in Munich cowboy?

Cowboy1968

I do.
But I don't want to use up too much space here to leave room for the usual suspects ;-)

flanneruk

"(perhaps the World Cup influenced Brazil's positive glow?)"

The fieldwork was in 2013. So was the BBC story. This posting is ancient history, though news does take time to spread to Detroit.

FWIW: the only country likely to be influenced by "big event" afterglow all that time ago would have been Britain (2012 Olympics).

PalenQ

The fieldwork was in 2013. So was the BBC story. This posting is ancient history, though news does take time to spread to Detroit.>

Well it was on NBC Brian Williams nightly news last night - maybe i was referring to another study?

PalenQ

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/u...BC-Report.html

Actually the one I referenced was released in 2013 - but this 2nd study by the BBC in 2014 also says Germany!

dwdvagamundo

Astounding to me that 19% viewed North Korea positively.

PalenQ

In another poll I saw about what countries have the most positive view of the U S, Germany was tops at 93% expressing a favorable view of America!

Prost! I'll drink to that!