A public opinion survey showed that the quarrel a year after Brexit made the French and the British apparently inferior to each other.
Rear Grumpy communication A YouGov poll found that from fishing to submarines, from the Covid travel rules to the Northern Ireland agreement, the favor of British people has declined in France and other EU countries.
According to YouGov’s EuroTrack survey data, the proportion of French people with a negative view of the UK in November soared from 33% in August to 42%, while the number of people with a positive view fell from 53% to 46%.
And the British are taking a corresponding critical view France, The proportion of negative views of the UK’s nearest mainland neighbors rose from 31% to 40%, and the proportion of positive views dropped from 56% to 47%.
It has recently been reported that Emmanuel Macron privately referred to Boris Johnson as The clown in charge of the circusAfterwards, the Prime Minister sent a letter on Twitter, calling on France to take back those who crossed the English Channel illegally.
The tension between London and Paris that has accumulated for more than five years in the Brexit negotiations has been exacerbated by a series of increasingly fierce cross-channel differences, some of which are related to the impact of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, but others have nothing to do with it.
Johnson said Paris should “Hold tight and let me rest“At the end of summer messed up the French feathers, and the recent fishing license and Boat crossing The relationship between Britain and France is further strained.
However, Europeans’ negative perceptions of Britain are not limited to the French. A survey of 15 countries found that people in Spain and Germany were more hostile to the United Kingdom in November than in the summer.
More than half of Spaniards said they have a negative view of the United Kingdom, which has risen sharply from 38% in August, while the increase in Germany has been more moderate, ranging from 41% to 45%, reflecting a 4% decrease in positive views of the United Kingdom. To 43%.
