Before the terrorist attacks overtook media commentary about the United States, European press coverage had focused on unilateralist and hegemonic tendencies of the new American Administration. INR Office of Research public opinion trends over the past two decades find some corresponding criticisms of particular U.S. policies, though these complaints have held for years. Moreover, the overall ... read moreimpression that Europeans have of the United States is fairly positive, and anti-Americanism in Europe has not increased over recent months.
United States. Department of State. Office of Research. West European Views of U.S.: A Pre-9/11 Baseline. Washington, D.C.: September 20, 2001. (Opinion Analysis M-205-01).