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French trust Germany twice as much as the US
By EUobserver
Eighty-nine percent of French consider Germany as a "reliable ally or partner country", compared to 44 percent for the US and 61 percent for the UK, according to a poll published Wednesday. A majority of respondents think democracy is "more fragile" than previously in the US, the EU and France. They see immigration and worsening social conditions as the main reasons for the rise of populism in the EU.