Germans have lost faith in the US, survey reveals | dpa international
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Three quarters of Germans consider the United States to be an unreliable partner, according to a survey published on Thursday.

78% of those queried currently consider France to be a trustworthy partner and 74% consider the UK to be a trustworthy partner.

According to the survey, 40% consider Ukraine to be a trustworthy partner, while 48% of respondents believe that Germany cannot trust Ukraine.

  • mumblerfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I think it is qualitatively the same in Sweden. People dislike Trump but vote for the same politics. It seems like some coping mechanism, where they try and distance themselves from Trump, because even to European racists he is disgusting, and that makes them think it is ok to keep voting for it.

    • 73ms@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      well the thing is that sharing this sort of ideology doesn’t really mean your goals are really aligned on most issues at all since “America First” is necessarily “Sweden Last”. It’s of course especially dumb to push for this sort of worldview everywhere if you’re from a small country that really needs the world to cooperate…