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TURKISH FRUSTRATION % n. N* A3 r7 u" ~/ Z+ P1 \& s " E/ o1 C9 W# E# ^ U2 n9 O' F8 X' P; l ) A8 w& Q6 {9 M( N( g# MAt 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, : y; ~" Z* \8 w: DDespite 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,9 ?) c, d$ F+ T5 a
"(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, ' B* Y& S; }- L$ q 1 Y# q' b* n1 j" Q"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,"6 j5 C, k2 A1 x
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X L# Y' R) w7 DFor 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, + \1 Y) Z" G( T- ~9 _2 Y. {The 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,' q9 f4 D* F* X4 b( w5 l6 @
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More than 70 percent of Americans surveyed said it was very likely China would exert strong leadership in the future, while only a third of Europeans felt the same, Nearly two-thirds of Europeans also said China and Europe had such different values that cooperation on international problems was impossible, % ]4 \7 Q+ w( r P8 X* F- uWeb search enhanced by , N' ~, K5 E4 k
Among Turks, Obama's approval rating fell from 50 percent in 2009 to 28 percent in 2010,7 D6 D* q+ O) p( e H7 }5 I
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