They added: "The effort over the past half century to create a more united Europe is now the principal casualty of the euro crisis. The European project now stands in disrepute across much of Europe.”

The only European leader rated highly by their own voters was the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who received a 74 per cent approval rating.

Prime Minister David Cameron was next highest with a positive score of 37 per cent among the British public, although he can take some comfort from the fact that 58 per cent of Poles and half of all French people think he is doing a good job.

Despite the gloomy economic outlook and growing disillusionment with the EU, there were strong majorities of more than 60 per cent in favour of keeping the Euro in the five countries polled that use the single currency.

所有欧洲人都认为自己的民族是最富有同情心的，而几乎每一个欧洲人都评价德国人最冷漠。尽管在法国人和德国人眼中，“最冷漠”这个称号应该颁给英国。

但最近一项权威调查的结果可能会让少数一些人大跌眼镜——法国人承认他们是欧洲大陆上最傲慢的民族，而希腊人评价自己为“最值得信赖”。

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调查结果为研究新的国家印象提供了有趣的视角，这种新的印象是在欧元流通区产生危机后新出现的。在这场危机的中，面对南欧窘迫的经济状况，德国人一直带头实施着不受欢迎的货币紧缩政策。

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