0 A7 _% k, H- t/ ]The number who said Turkey should work most closely with countries in the Middle East on international matters, rather than with the United States or the EU, doubled to 20 percent in 2010, with only 6 percent saying Turkey should work with Washington, 6 b0 g+ i% a; h8 C" R! w9 b U,S, President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, August 19, 2010, (REUTERS/Jim Young) 9 @# A; S( n7 m; r
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Another area of division was between the United States and Europe when it comes to the rising power of China, 4 C3 p' m3 k1 A. `In a year when the 16 countries that share the euro have suffered from the currency's weakness and Greece's debt problems, the survey showed most respondents in France (60 percent), Germany (53 percent) and Spain (53 percent) believed the euro had been bad for their economies,. T- E" f& L2 E
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( E" C( `- N1 L0 q# T1 B: \ " Y; s( I0 X' v& c( [# r / R- j8 w( p7 P6 T0 S- H4 u) ?At the same time, 57 percent of EU respondents said Europe's economic difficulties should strengthen the commitment towards a stronger EU and 63 percent said the EU was good for their country's own economy, even if the euro currency was not,0 a( ?' Y' Y$ b( m) ^
Despite some tension between the United States and the European Union over economic policy, particularly when it comes to the fallout from Greece's debt crisis and how to manage the economic recovery, most of those surveyed (54 percent of Americans and 58 percent of Europeans) said relations were good,8 f+ M; G5 f: _( g7 F2 k6 f( J
"(This year's survey) reveals the fault lines that remain crossways the Atlantic and the work that is left to be done," said Craig Kennedy, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a think tank that sponsors the poll with Italian foundation Compagnia di San Paolo,( l' _; z/ }: S4 |4 c& d
; r; @6 T+ f* S6 ]# `- s7 m, z"Compared to last year, Turks were less convinced that NATO is essential, less interested in joining the EU and less likely to say their country shares values with the West," ( A/ x9 ?0 w- n |0 c8 V3 c& I/ QClassifieds Jobs Property Motoring Kuali Women Parenting Youth AllMalaysia GMN mStar Red FM SuriaFM 988 Studio V Mobile The Web article Classifieds Stocks ! m. \2 y: Z+ ^2 @- _* Y1 {8 P1 U" |7 _9 S : z2 u, k: L$ h0 C
9 z; P+ l5 f8 y7 x* f. z6 u4 x( _For the United States and Europe,Matt Ryan Jersey, perhaps one of the more disconcerting findings in the survey was evidence of Turkey's growing frustration with the United States and the EU, and its shift towards the east and the Arab world, * c- a3 t3 Z. c# Q0 p" xThe annual Transatlantic Trends survey, conducted during June in 11 European Union countries, Turkey and the United States, found that while Obama remained more popular than his predecessor George W, Bush, there were concerns most the line he had taken on issues such as Iran and its nuclear programme,. @ I! \9 N! @6 ?" |) U$ i+ Y
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