Europe http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Gallup finds that a median of 78% of respondents in 10 European countries support government intervention in the financial sector during times of economic crisis. http://www.gallup.com/poll/123824/Europe-Gov-Intervention-Financial-Crises.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/123824/Europe-Gov-Intervention-Financial-Crises.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Approval of U.S. leadership increased significantly in seven of eight European countries polled before and after the new U.S. leadership took office in early 2009. http://www.gallup.com/poll/123710/Leadership-Gets-Approval-Boost-Parts-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/123710/Leadership-Gets-Approval-Boost-Parts-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT Confidence in financial institutions and banks fell significantly in 10 of 12 European countries Gallup surveyed before and after last fall’s economic downturn -- with Ireland and Romania, the United Kingdom, and Portugal seeing some of the biggest declines. http://www.gallup.com/poll/123482/Crisis-Hurts-Financial-Institutions-Credibility-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/123482/Crisis-Hurts-Financial-Institutions-Credibility-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT A Gallup Poll finds 39% of Romanians in 2009 believe that they can get ahead through hard work, down sharply from the 71% who said so in 2005. These attitudes appear to be driven more by respondents’ perceptions of their economic futures than by their perceptions of corruption. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121562/Fewer-Romanians-Say-Ahead-Hard-Work.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121562/Fewer-Romanians-Say-Ahead-Hard-Work.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT Amid the economic slowdown, a Gallup Poll in late December 2008 to January 2009 found Polish respondents less pessimistic about their country’s economic future than their regional neighbors in Germany and Hungary. The affect of tight government regulations has likely helped buoy Polish confidence. http://www.gallup.com/poll/120851/Face-Global-Downturn-Polish-Relatively-Optimistic.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/120851/Face-Global-Downturn-Polish-Relatively-Optimistic.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Amid the EU parliamentary elections now underway, a Flash Eurobarometer poll on women’s attitudes toward the European elections finds that women give more importance to candidates’ experience on European issues rather than to political orientation. Men give roughly equal weight to both these factors. http://www.gallup.com/poll/120773/Election-Women-Vote-Experience-Party.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/120773/Election-Women-Vote-Experience-Party.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Before Iceland’s recent parliamentary election, Gallup found Icelanders far more positive about adopting the euro than about EU membership, with 60% calling the former a good thing and 39% saying the same about the latter. Overall, about half of Icelanders (49%) identify extremely or very strongly with Europe. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118381/Icelanders-Keen-Adopting-Euro-Mixed.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118381/Icelanders-Keen-Adopting-Euro-Mixed.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT A new report from Gallup and the Coexist Foundation reveals that residents of the U.S. and Canada are more likely than Europeans surveyed to be classified as “integrated.” It also reveals that European Muslims and the general publics have different perceptions of European Muslims’ loyalty to their nations. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118273/Canada-Show-Interfaith-Cohesion-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118273/Canada-Show-Interfaith-Cohesion-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 07 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT Serbian attitudes toward their local public services appeared to improve between 2007 and 2008. These jumps came against the backdrop of stable Serbian leadership and significant steps toward EU membership candidacy. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117397/Serbians-Positive-Local-Public-Services.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117397/Serbians-Positive-Local-Public-Services.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT A Eurobarometer survey conducted for the European Commission by Gallup reveals that a majority of EU residents (51%) have difficulties striking a correct work-life balance. Single-parent households face most difficulties, and just 22% of two-parent households prefer a situation where both parents work full-time. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117358/Work-Life-Balance-Tilts-Against-Women-Single-Parents.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117358/Work-Life-Balance-Tilts-Against-Women-Single-Parents.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:30:00 GMT Gallup Polls conducted in October 2008, just months after a newly independent Kosovo ratified its constitution, find respondents more positive about their own lives, their government, and their city and local economies than in January 2007. http://www.gallup.com/poll/116902/Kosovans-Positive-Government-Economy.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/116902/Kosovans-Positive-Government-Economy.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT Across 29 European countries, Northern and Western Europeans are more likely than their counterparts in former communist nations to say their supervisor treats them more as a partner than a boss. Gallup also finds that such partnerships correspond to higher job satisfaction and higher productivity. http://www.gallup.com/poll/114076/Western-Europe-Partners-Bosses.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/114076/Western-Europe-Partners-Bosses.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:30:00 GMT Gallup Polls conducted in 24 European nations affected or potentially affected by Russia’s gas shutoff reveal that residents in most of these nations were already more disapproving than approving of Russia’s leadership. http://www.gallup.com/poll/113725/Russias-Reputation-Risk-Gas-Dispute.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/113725/Russias-Reputation-Risk-Gas-Dispute.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT One year after the United States initially proposed missile defense shields in Poland and the Czech Republic, Gallup found American leadership enjoying relatively high approval ratings in those countries compared to the European median. http://www.gallup.com/poll/112090/Poles-Czechs-More-Positive-Toward-US-Leadership.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/112090/Poles-Czechs-More-Positive-Toward-US-Leadership.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT Compared with other major European populations, Italians express the lowest confidence in current economic conditions. Italians surveyed in 2008 are also less likely to feel satisfied with their standard of living than they were in 2007. http://www.gallup.com/poll/111736/Italians-Losing-Confidence-Their-Economic-Conditions.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/111736/Italians-Losing-Confidence-Their-Economic-Conditions.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT A median of 65% of respondents in 14 European countries say who is elected president of the United States makes a difference in their country, and respondents from all of these countries prefer Barack Obama to John McCain. http://www.gallup.com/poll/111127/Europeans-Perceive-Stake-US-Election.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/111127/Europeans-Perceive-Stake-US-Election.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Despite lower unemployment ratings, less than half of Danes (48%) tell Gallup their standard of living is improving, and even fewer (41%) perceive the economic conditions in their city to be improving. http://www.gallup.com/poll/110803/Danes-Increasingly-Less-Confident-Their-Economy.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/110803/Danes-Increasingly-Less-Confident-Their-Economy.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Facing both global and domestic economic challenges, 75% of Brits say economic conditions in their country are only fair or poor and 82% say the economy is getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/video/110629/Brits-Express-Economic-Unease.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/110629/Brits-Express-Economic-Unease.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:45:00 GMT Though the majority of Irish are satisfied with the number and quality of jobs, 53% report that economic conditions in their country are getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/video/110545/Irelands-Economic-Woes.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/110545/Irelands-Economic-Woes.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT According to a Gallup Poll conducted prior to the collapse of Austria’s coalition government in July, few Austrians expressed confidence in their national government (26%) -- a sharp decrease from 2006. http://www.gallup.com/poll/109813/Little-Confidence-Austrias-Government-Before-Collapse.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/109813/Little-Confidence-Austrias-Government-Before-Collapse.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT No fewer than 6 in 10 citizens in France (64%), Germany (62%), and the United Kingdom (60%) say they’d personally like to see Barack Obama elected president of the United States, and even larger numbers say the outcome of the U.S. election makes a difference to their country. http://www.gallup.com/poll/109018/Britons-French-Germans-Solidly-Back-Obama.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/109018/Britons-French-Germans-Solidly-Back-Obama.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT Gallup Polls conducted in the Balkan region reveal that a median of only 44% are satisfied with the roads and highways where they live. http://www.gallup.com/poll/108427/Many-Balkan-Residents-Displeased-Road-Conditions.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/108427/Many-Balkan-Residents-Displeased-Road-Conditions.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT In many former Soviet republics, residents were more likely in 2007 than 2006 to say most or many people in their country are afraid to openly express their political views. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107752/Fear-Hampers-Free-Speech-Former-Soviet-Nations.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/107752/Fear-Hampers-Free-Speech-Former-Soviet-Nations.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT Muslims living in London, Berlin, and Paris share similar views to the public in each of these nations on the moral acceptability of the death penalty, honor killings, and crimes of passion. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107521/Common-Ground-Europeans-Muslims-Among-Them.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/107521/Common-Ground-Europeans-Muslims-Among-Them.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT On the issues of extramarital sex and suicide, the opinions of Muslims in three European capital cities align more closely with those of religious Americans than they do with those of Europeans at large. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107518/Religious-Americans-European-Muslims-Common-Ground.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/107518/Religious-Americans-European-Muslims-Common-Ground.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 27 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT