Warning on threat to Europe’s US links

Growing hostility in Europe towards the US could cause 'lasting damage' to transatlantic relations, according to Neil Kinnock, the former politician who chairs the British Council. Lord Kinnock, a former Vice-President of the European Commission, said he was concerned over findings of a British Council survey, published on the 19 March 2008, in which 46% of Europeans thought the 'perceived overall influence of the US in the world' was negative.

Website: British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/

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