Posted on 11/12/2014 4:01:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
Market researchers GfK found that Germany has knocked the USA off the top spot for global image for the first time since 2009.
The pollsters asked 20,000 people in 20 countries their opinion of 50 leading nations across six categories: exports, government, culture, people, tourism, and immigration and investment.
Germanys biggest gain over 2013 was in the Top sporting performance category, as people had become familiar with the grinning faces of the World Cup-winning football team over the summer.
But GfK found other key factors helped put Germany on top, including its leading role in European politics, strong economic performance and high-profile international engagement.
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White woman leader trumps mixed race follower in world opinion.
So they won the World Cup. Could have been Argentina.
Germany has a leader !..
We have a campaigner
A Merkel Putin showdown will be fun
Germany was very popular between up to 1945 where people from many countries came to visit.
Watching President Buckwheat go bat-chit Hitler crazy should draw a 7.5 on the richter tourist scale.
Germany-Argentina was just soccer. Germany-Brazil will be a legend.
That’s very interesting!
You always hear about people around the world hating USA, not having it as their favorite country.
Been there. Meh.
My favortive German initials are KdF = Kah Day Eff - Kraft durch Freude. A Nazi organization meaning Strength through Joy. Hard to get more Orwellian than that.
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