Nearly 16 years after she became Chancellor of Germany for the first time, Angela Merkel A new opinion poll shows that the approval ratings of the five major European countries and the United States are still higher than any other current world leader.
When asked whether her views on Merkel are favorable or unfavorable, Merkel will step down next month after four terms. In all six countries surveyed, more respondents gave positive feedback. Evaluation, not negative evaluation.
Since his election in 2005, the senior Chancellor of the Exchequer has worked with four US and French presidents, five British prime ministers, and eight heads of Italian government. He has a net positive rating of +61 in Spain, +49 in France, and Get +30. Germany.
Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom have slightly less positive views at +23, +17, and +15, respectively, but other world leaders, only Joe Biden, who has been president for only eight months, still benefits from “Non-Trump” effect, voted Before the chaos in Afghanistan this month -Even very close.
Canada’s Justin Trudeau also received positive reviews, while France’s Emmanuel Macron received positive reviews only in Germany and Spain. Other key figures, including China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, India’s Narendra Modi, and Britain’s Boris Johnson, recorded net negative reviews in all six countries surveyed .
The British Prime Minister’s net negative scores are UK-22, Italy-40, Germany-53, France-24, Spain-48 and US-2. The least popular world leader is Xi Jinping, with an average net negative approval rating of -55.
As the most powerful woman in the world and the de facto leader of the European Union, Merkel—cautious, cautious, methodical, pragmatic, and often noncommittal—is most admired for her handling of the German economy.
Among those who have heard of her, opinion polls show that Merkel’s economic management in six countries has a net positive rating of +46, and her average positive rating for improving Germany’s reputation abroad is +44.5. The evaluation of social influence is +34.
Her actions in climate change and response to the coronavirus crisis have also received positive reviews, but her efforts in response to Brexit are considered to be less active, especially in the United Kingdom, where she is concerned about the Greek debt crisis and the European immigration crisis in 2015. The treatment was rated as a negative country in most cases.
On the eve of her departure, as the post-Germany future of Merkel became more and more uncertain, most interviewees who knew Merkel in Germany, France, Spain and Italy ranked her as one of the five most powerful figures in the world In contrast, about one-third of Britons (31%) and Americans (36%).
The survey was conducted between July 9 and August 10, with a representative national sample of more than 1,000 people.
