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The nonpartisan Pew Research Center reported yesterday that favorability ratings for the United States among people around the globe have improved markedly, recovering in many countries to the point before George W. Bush took office in 2001 and began the highly unpopular war in Iraq two years later.
The center, which surveyed nearly 27,000 people in 25 nations this spring for the Pew Global Attitudes Project, said the most profound shifts were in Western Europe, notably in France and Germany, where confidence in Obama exceeds that for President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in their own countries.
“Opinions of America have also become more positive in key countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well,’’ said the Pew report.
The center, which surveyed nearly 27,000 people in 25 nations this spring for the Pew Global Attitudes Project, said the most profound shifts were in Western Europe, notably in France and Germany, where confidence in Obama exceeds that for President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in their own countries.
“Opinions of America have also become more positive in key countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well,’’ said the Pew report.