Citizens from the EU's biggest countries are pessimistic about the bloc's chances of standing up to economic competition from Asia and they overwhelmingly reject US-style capitalism, a new poll has shown.
The Germans (78%), French (73%) and Spanish (58%) are the most outspoken critics of the American economic model, while Britons (46%) and Italians (46%) have a less negative view of it, according to a survey by Harris agency published in the Financial Times on Monday (24 September).
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