RESEARCH TEAM
German Marshall Fund, Compagnia di San Paolo, Fundaçao Luso-Americana, Tipping Point Foundation, Unidad de Estudios de Opinión Pública de la Fundación BBVA.
DESCRIPTION
For the fifth consecutive year, Transatlantic Trends measures broad public opinion in the United States and 12 European countries (13.000 interviews conducted) and gauges the pulse of transatlantic relations. Participants were asked their views on each other, as well as on global threats, foreign policy objectives, world leadership, multilateral institutions and the European Union.
Just days before the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, for the first time in its five-year history, the survey shows Americans and Europeans sharing criticism of President George Bush?s handling of international affairs. Transatlantic Trends 2006 shows, as well, both Americans and European sharing great concern over global threats, with increasing fear of international terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. Yet, there are still profound transatlantic differences with regards to the use of military force under some conditions.