Leuk, een site waar ze allerlei polletjes over de hele wereld verzamelen. Daar kan ik heel wat uurtjes doorbrengen…
Een van de nieuwste is een BBC poll over hoe de wereld diverse regio’s beoordeeld. Europa wordt als positiefste regio gezien, maar vroeger vonden blijkbaar nog veel meer mensen dat.
Views of Europe as a whole are very positive, although positive views are more subdued than they were a year ago. Of 33 countries polled, not a single one had a predominantly negative view of Europe and in 23 there were majorities that were positive (though 7 of these were European countries). Overall, on average 58 percent have a positive view of Europe’s influence and just 14 percent a negative view. Excluding the European countries, the average is 53 percent positive and 15 percent negative.
At the same time, looking at 14 non-European countries that were polled in both years there has been a downward movement in positive ratings averaging 8 points. The biggest changes in views have been downward movements in Turkey (dropping from 54% positive to 31% positive), South Africa (from 76% to 45% positive), China (77% to 63%), the Philippines (76% to 62%), Australia (74% to 61%), Argentina (56% to 48%), Canada (79% to 66%), the US (67% to 60%) and Indonesia (71% to 59%). However, upward movements were recorded among South Koreans (71% to 80% positive) and Indians, whose views shifted from divided (35% positive, 33% negative) to a plurality positive (41% positive, 12% negative).
Views among Europeans have also slipped. Positive views of Europe have eroded in Italy (down 22 points), Britain (down 14 points), France (down 14 points), and Germany (down 7 points). In Poland, though positive views are up six points.
