Conducted monthly in 30 countries among around 20,000 adults for over a decade, the Ipsos What Worries the World study offers an exceptional snapshot of world opinion on pressing global issues.
Currently, Brazil’s situation is hectic. And, this is not the first time that the country faces a difficult situation like this. Some could say this country is definitely condemned to live like in a rollercoaster. But, this time, it may be different. And it is our bet: the current political, economic and moral crisis can awake a new conscience and trigger a real transition.
The UK’s vote to leave the EU was a shock across the continent and beyond, and this survey shows it’s still something that many are coming to terms with. But there is not wholesale panic – in fact fears of a “domino effect” seem to be receding.
An Ipsos survey of citizens in nine European countries finds a majority of respondents (73%) think things across the EU are headed in the wrong direction, and fewer than half agree that EU membership has improved their own standard of living. Attitudes are most negative among French respondents, with only 15% saying the union is on the right track, and of all countries surveyed only Spain responded more positively to this question than in 2014.
The former home of Pablo Escobar is now a theme park. This image is the best way to summarise the gap between the stereotypes and the reality. Of course, it is not a bed of roses, but with a good growth since ten years, a new positioning as membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a new hope thanks to the peace with the guerrillas and a investments’ plan of 25 billion US Dollars, lot of things are moving.
“China is a horse and the world, an idea” 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, a major symbol and myth within Chinese civilization that signifies strength and power – and how very apt this is.
